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| Coptic Christian priest killed in southern Egypt |
| 2011-02-24 |
| [Asharq al-Aswat] A Coptic Christian priest has been killed in southern Egypt, triggering street demonstrations by several thousand Christians. The priest was found dead in his home. A fellow clergyman, Danoub Thabet, says his body had several stab wounds. He says neighbors reported seeing several masked men leaving the apartment and shouting " About 3,000 protesters scuffled with Mohammedan shop owners Tuesday night and smashed the windows of a police car in the city, Assiut. Egypt's religious tension spiked in January when a jacket wallah killed 21 people outside a Coptic church in the port city of Alexandria. Days of protests followed. |
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| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-02-24 11:32 |