The Prison Authority transferred several Muslim Brotherhood members who were detained at Tora Prison pending investigation to the high-security Aqrab Prison, a senior security source at the Interior Ministry said.

The Brotherhood figures were taken to the Aqrab Prison as a precautionary measure due to maintenance work at Tora, the source told the Middle East News Agency on Friday.

Among the Brotherhood members that were in Tora are Khairat al-Shater, deputy head of the Brotherhood Rashad Bayoumi, Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) head Saad al-Katatni, former Brotherhood Guide Mahdi Akef, former MP Mohamed al-Omda, secretary-general of the FJP in Giza Helmi al-Gazzar and Hazem Salah Abu Ismail.