Brotherhood says a leader's 17-year-old daughter killed in Cairo clashes

CAIRO (AFP) - The teenage daughter of a senior Muslim Brotherhood leader was reported killed on Wednesday as police cracked down on a Cairo camp set up by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Mursi.

Seventeen-year-old Asmaa al-Beltagui, daughter of wanted Brotherhood leader Mohammed al-Beltagui, was killed in clashes at the Rabaa al-Adawiya protest camp, Brotherhood spokesman Gehad al-Haddad said.

A spokesman for the main pro-Mursi coalition, the Anti-Coup Alliance, told AFP the girl had been shot twice, once in the chest and once in the back.

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