Egyptian security forces on Wednesday detained senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammad Taha Wahdan.

Egyptian security forces on Wednesday detained senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammad Taha Wahdan, a Brotherhood source has said.

Wahdan, a member of the Guidance Bureau, the Brotherhood's decision-making body, was detained in October City, west of Cairo, the source told Anadolu Agency.

Wahdan's son Ahmed has confirmed his father's detention.

"My father has been detained a while ago," Ahmed said on Facebook, giving no further details.

Wahdan has been absent from the public eye since Egyptian security forces dispersed a major protest camp for supporters of deposed President Mohammad Mursi in eastern Cairo in mid-2013.

Since Mursi's ouster, Egyptian authorities have waged a crackdown on political dissent – largely targeting Mursi supporters and his Muslim Brotherhood group.

In late 2013, Egyptian authorities branded the Muslim Brotherhood a "terrorist" group.