Police forces have intensified their presence on Friday in Egypt's Mediterranean city of Damietta, northeastern Egypt, in anticipation of violent protests by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) terrorist group, Al-Bawaba News reported. Police and military forces have patrolled the city's main squares as well as other villages known as the MB's strongholds, security sources told Al-Bawaba. MB loyalists have used to taking to streets, particularly on Fridays, in violent protests calling for the reinstatement of the former president Mohamed Morsi, who was ousted July 2013 amid military-backed mass street protests. Unlicensed protesting is criminalized in Egypt according to a protest law issued by Egypt's interim authorities following overthrowing the MB rule. Large number of MB activists are currently on trial over violence and terror-related crimes including storming police stations following the dispersal of their armed Rabia and Nahda sit-ins August 2013. The group, which took power of the largest Arab country for a year, was designated as "terrorist" by Egyptian judiciary in September, 2013.
