Coptes : affrontements à قنا Qena – 20 janvier 2012

Qena sectarian clashes leave at least 2 injured

masryalyoum.com

Fri, 20/01/2012 –

Clashes broke out between Muslims and Coptic Christians in a village in Qena Thursday, leaving at least two villagers injured, according to news reports Friday.

Al-Ahram reported that clashes in the village of Rahmaniya, which is located in the city of Nagaa Hammadi in Qena Governorate, left a 16-year-old boy with a bullet wound and a 40-year-old man with a facial injury. Security forces were dispatched to the area Thursday evening to prevent further clashes, the report added.

News outlets offered conflicting reasons for the clashes. Privately owned Al-Shorouk reported that the clashes began over a disputed tract of land, eventually leaving the house of a Coptic villager and a communications center belonging to a Muslim villager burnt down. read more …