Religious clashes in Egypt leave 24 dead, 275 injured
Islamic and Coptic Christian protestors clashed against one another leaving 24 dead and 275 injured as a Coptic cathedral was attacked in Egypt.
EGYPT’S DREAM of having its own civilian government may be delayed by a few more months after the religious riots that took place between the hardline Islamist and Coptic Christian population on Sunday that left about twenty four people dead and 275 more injured. The riot was triggered after a church was destroyed - following which the angry Christians took to the streets and went on a rampage. The Christians also alleged that after Hosni Mubarak’s ouster; the government has taken bare minimum measures to improvise on the lives of Christians who form ten per cent of Egypt’s 80 million strong population.
Another witness told Fox News, “I saw a man's head split into two halves and a second body flattened when the armoured vehicle ran over it. When some Muslims saw the blood they joined the Christians against the army”.
However, Prime Minister Essam Sharaf on his Facebook page wrote, “What is happening now are not clashes between Muslims and Christians but attempts to spark chaos and divisions. I call on all the children of the nation who care about its future, not to comply with calls of sedition, because it is fire that will burn us all.” Sharaf went on to add that the ongoing riots may be an attempt of foreign hands to again destabilise the country.
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