Egyptian security forces have detained 63 Muslim Brotherhood members in separate security sweeps, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
In a statement, the ministry said the individuals had been detained for committing and inciting acts violence.
The latest spate of arrests comes only a few days after Egyptian security forces shot nine Brotherhood members dead in an apartment west of Cairo.
The arrests also follow separate militant attacks that left the country's top prosecutor and 17 soldiers dead.
Egypt has been dogged by turmoil since the military overthrew democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi in mid-2013.
Since the first democratically-elected president Mohamed Morsi's ouster, Egyptian authorities have waged a relentless crackdown on political dissent-largely targeting Morsi supporters and his Muslim Brotherhood group-which has seen hundreds killed and thousands detained.
In late 2013, Egyptian authorities branded the Muslim Brotherhood a "terrorist" group.
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