The Age/Jailan Zayan
DPA adds this howler to the story: Clashes between Egypt’s Christian and Muslim populations are rare, but tensions do periodically erupt.
Thanks to Dhumme Dhimmi
Coptic Christians have pelted Muslim shops with stones in a southern Egyptian town where Muslim gunmen killed six Copts after a Christmas Eve mass, a security official said.
The town of Nagaa Hammadi has been on edge since Wednesday night’s shooting, the country’s deadliest sectarian attack in years, in which a policeman was also killed.
A security official said police moved in to contain the violence and restore calm on Friday, and witnesses said access roads to Nagaa Hammadi were sealed off.
Residents in the nearby village of Bahgura said Muslims had set fire to Coptic homes and stores, but a police official denied this.
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