Muslim Brotherhood prisoners killed in Egypt

At least 38 people die after taking police officer hostage in bid to escape custody, sources say.

At least 38 people described as supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood have been killed in Egypt while attempting to escape police custody.
The men were killed after taking a police officer hostage while being transferred on Sunday in a police vehicle to Abo Zaabal prison near Cairo, sources told Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith, reporting from Cairo, quoted a source as saying that the men had been arrested in the clearout of Cairo's Fateh mosque on Saturday.
He said the men somehow took the police officer hostage in an attempt to break free. However, other police officers attacked the vehicle with guns and tear gas and all inside were killed. [Al jazeera]