Wednesday marks 69th anniversary of Brotherhood ‘Jeep case’

CAIRO – 16 November 2017: Wednesday marks the 69th anniversary of the important “Jeep case”, in which a number of Muslim Brotherhood members were arrested while transferring weapons, classified documents and explosives in a Jeep.

On November 15, 1948, policemen were suspicious of a Jeep with no license plate, which led them to apprehend dozens of secret MB leaders.

On November 21, 1948, newspapers published a statement from the Ministry of Interior that read, “A Jeep was seized with a large amount of dangerous explosive charges and documents in the Wayly neighborhood, and the passengers were affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood group.”

As a result, late Prime Minister Mahmoud Fahmi el-Nokrashi ordered the dissolution of the MB group, the arrest of its members, the confiscation of its properties, and the dismissal of government employees and students affiliated with the group. The move led to the assassination of Nokrashi.

Less than three weeks after these activities committed against the Brotherhood, Nokrashi was assassinated by Abdel Meguid Ahmed Hassan, who was a veterinary student at the University of King Fouad I and a member of the Brotherhood, on December 28, 1948 at 10:00 a.m.
He was shot twice in the main building of the Ministry of Interior. His assassination in turn led to the assassination of Hasan Al Banna, the leader of the Brother, on February 12, 1949, even though Banna had condemned the assassination as a terrorist act incompatible with Islam.