Clashes have erupted in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria after the funeral of a worshipper killed the day before in attacks on Coptic Christian churches. Egyptian police arrested 15 people in the aftermath of the clashes in the Mediterranean port town's Sidi Bishr suburb on Saturday.Police arrested "some fanatic extremist elements who provoked skirmishes and threw stones at each other", the interior ministry said. It said that the detainees, who included Copts and Muslims, "went too far" when they set two cars on fire and damaged several shops.
Some 15 people were injured and security forces used tear gas to disperse the crowd. Security forces were deployed around the district to maintain calm on Saturday night.