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Muslim mob in Minya attacks Christians, killing 1; four arrested
2016-07-19
[AlAhram] A Coptic Orthodox holy man in Egypt's Minya governorate has said a sectarian attack in a village there on Sunday killed one person and maimed three others.

Bishop Makarious of Minya said in a brief statement Sunday that the families of two priests in the Tahna El-Jabal village were attacked by assailants wielding knives and batons, killing a 27-year-old man and injuring three others, including a woman.

The holy man did not elaborate on the reasons behind the violence, but local media reports suggest the fighting resulted from an argument between Moslem and Christian children over priority to pass through the street.

Emad Nabil, a local lawyer, was quoted in a Christian forum as saying that police had tossed in the calaboose
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
 four suspects in relation to the attack.

Al-Azhar, the country's top Sunni Moslem authority, called on both sides to resort to law and not to provide the opportunity for "malicious" attempts "to sow discord and ignite sectarian strife."
A coded warning to the Christians not to make waves by insisting on their legal rights...
The prestigious Moslem body said a delegation from the Family House, a group of Moslem and Christian leaders that promotes peaceful coexistence, was sent to the village to help settle the matter.
...which will make the warning explicit.
Christians, who make up about 10 percent of Egypt's population of 90 million, have long complained
...in vain...
of discrimination and sectarian attacks in the predominantly Sunni Moslem country. Only two months ago, Moslem villagers set ablaze seven Christian homes and assaulted a Christian man's elderly mother, parading her naked in public. The assault in in Minya's El-Karm village was sparked by rumours that the man was having an illicit relationship with a Moslem woman.
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