CAIRO, Sept 30 (Aswat Masriya) - Muslim Brotherhood protesters were accused by Egypt's Foreign Ministry of attacking members of the media delegation accompanying President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in New York.

Sisi arrived in the U.S. last week to head Egypt's delegation in the 70th UN General Assembly session. He returned to Cairo today.  

A video circulating on social media shows controversial television host Youssef el-Hosseiny speaking to the camera using expletives.

As he faces the camera and hurls a slew of insults at the person filming, someone quickly smacks Hosseiny on the back of the neck, before fleeing the scene.

The television host, who vocally expresses his views against the Muslim Brotherhood, returns to the camera and continues to swear and make threats, until New York police escort him into the building. 

Egypt's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said the media delegation was "assaulted physically and verbally," in a message on Twitter.

Abu Zeid added that the assault affirms the importance of refusing protest permit requests by "terrorist groups." Egypt declared the Brotherhood a terrorist organisation in December 2013.

A widely-criticized protest law in place since November 2013, requires Egyptians to seek approval from the Interior Ministry days in advance before organising demonstrations.  

Egypt's consulate in the U.S. has notified the U.S. Department of State, including an explanation of the incident, its time and place, the ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement. It also attached a video of the incident and demanded the arrests of the perpetrators. 

Egypt also called for the cancellation of the protest permits granted to those he identified as "Brotherhood members" because they turned into "violent protests." 

The Egyptian state insists that the Muslim Brotherhood is behind the wave of militancy which has targeted security personnel since July 2013, when the military removed elected President Mohamed Mursi after mass protests against his rule.

The Brotherhood continuously deny the accusations.