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Aswan clashes leave three tourists injured

Daily News Egypt-January 13, 2013

Three tourists and their tour guide were injured in Aswan on Saturday evening amid clashes between the police and residents of Al-Koubaneya village.

Six residents of Al-Koubaneya village were sentenced to life in prison on Saturday, reported state-owned news agency MENA. Amid protest over the sentences, gunshots were exchanged and Al-Koubaneya families ascended the Aswan Bridge in Al-A’qab area, throwing rocks at two cruise-ships below.

Magdy Hegazy, the Ministry of Health undersecretary in Aswan, told MENA that the tourists and the tour guide left the Central Kom Ombo hospital on Sunday, following treatment for minor injuries.

Al-Koubaneya residents got into a fight with an investor after he bought a piece of land near their village in 2010. Read more…