It said the Mohammedan man was killed when violence erupted
late Thursday in an area called Deir Muwass in Minya province.The fighting stopped during the night but resumed after Friday prayers when a Mohammedan mob set ablaze two houses owned by Christians in the area, MENA said.
Six people were also maimed in Friday's violence, it said, adding that police intervened to stop the fighting.
Egypt's Christians, mostly Copts, account for six to 10 percent of the country's 85-million population.
Rights groups say Copts have come under repeated attacks, mainly in the central provinces of Minya and Assiut since the ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi
...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the
One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator...
They have long complained of discrimination and marginalization, particularly under the presidency of Morsi who was removed from power by the army in July.