Egyptian Muslims, Copts clash in Minya

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World Bulletin
Date of source:
29 Nov 2013
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Egyptian Muslims, Copts clash in Minya

The violence erupted in Al-Badrman village over an alleged love affair between a Coptic man and a Muslim woman, the source said.

World Bulletin / News Desk

Sectarian clashes between Muslims and Copts broke out Thursday in the Upper Egyptian province of Minya, leaving three people dead and eighteen others injured, security sources said.

According to the sources, violence erupted in the villages of Nazlet Ebeed and Al-Hawarteh in Minya when a Coptic man from Nazlet Ebeed built a house in the outskirts of the adjacent Al-Hawarteh village.

(Reham Mokbel, World Bulletin, Nov. 29, 2013) Read Original