The Egyptian government is intensifying its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, formally listing it as a terrorist organisation. <br /><br />It comes in response to a worsening security situation in the country. <br /><br />At least 350 members of the security forces have been killed in bombings and shootings. <br /><br />This week a police station in Mansoura, north of Cairo in the Nile Delta, was attacked. <br /><br />The Muslim Brotherhood has denied responsibility.<br /><br />This man in Cairo approves of the government move: “The decision to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group is 100 percent correct, from what we have seen happening in the country lately. It’s a pity seeing innocent soldiers getting killed every day, and with the explosions every now and again, the country will never move forward.”<br /><br />Nonetheless the Brotherhood and its leader Mohammad Mursi still have support. <br /><br />Mursi was elected president earlier this year, but deposed in the summer.<br /><br />Although a poll in a newspaper taken before the government declaration said 79 percent of respondents would support such a move.
