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| Ten released pending trial for involvement in Cathedral clashes |
| 2013-04-30 |
[Al Ahram] A misdemeanour court in Cairo ordered Monday the release pending trial of ten people who had been tossed in the slammerBook 'im, Mahmoud! at the festivities that erupted at Cairo's St. Mark's Coptic Cathedral on 7 April. After the festivities, prosecutors announced that they had arrested a number of suspects, both Mohammedan and Christian, to investigate their possible involvement in the festivities. Violence erupted at the church when unknown assailants attacked mourners as they exited the cathedral after a funeral for Copts killed in sectarian festivities in Qalioubiya, north of Cairo, a day before. As the violence escalated, police fired teargas and birdshot directly into the cathedral compound. Two people died in the violence. |
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