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Egypt's Qalioubiya sees more violence in wake of Cairo clashes Confrontations between Coptic-Christian protesters and police reignite Sunday evening in north Cairo governorate of Al-Khosous, which saw deadly sectarian clashes almost two days before
Clashes erupted on Sunday evening between a group of Coptic-Christian protesters and police forces outside a local church in the city of Al-Khosous in the north Cairo governorate of Qalioubiya. The same town witnessed sectarian violence in the early hours of Saturday, before violence re-erupted following an attack on Cairo's main Coptic cathedral in which a funeral for slain Copts was being held. Violent confrontations broke out again on Sunday evening between a group of Coptic protesters and police, according to Sorial Younan, a priest at Al-Khosous' Church of Mar Girgis. The clashes coincided with an attack by unknown assailants on the Coptic cathedral in Cairo's Abbasiya district during a funeral mass held for five Coptic Christians killed in Friday's sectarian violence. Friday's clashes erupted after a group of Coptic teenagers reportedly painted offensive drawings on the walls of Cairo's Al-Azhar, Egypt's highest seat of Islamic religious learning. Younan told Al-Ahram's Arabic-language news website that Coptic protesters were hurling rocks at police, while the latter responded with teargas. As of 8:30pm, tension remained palpable outside the cathedral in Abbasiya. According to official sources, at least one Copt had been killed in the violence. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/68708.aspx
