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One Dead, Dozens Wounded In Sectarian Clashes In Egypt |
2013-05-18 |
[Jpost] One person died and dozens were maimed during festivities between Mohammedans and Christians late Friday night outside a Coptic church in Egypt's second city, state newspaper Al-Ahram reported, in the latest violent sectarian row in the Mohammedan-majority country. A quarrel between two young men, one Christian and one Mohammedan, morphed into a family feud that sparked festivities in a western district of Alexandria. The two sides threw Molotov cocktails at each other before security forces intervened and cordoned off the area around the church. |
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