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An Egyptian security official and a priest say police fired tear gas and clashed with a stone-throwing mob of Muslims who had surrounded a Coptic Church in anger over an inter-faith romance. The alleged romance ignited sectarian tension in Wasta, a rural town in Beni Suef province, about 95 kilo-meters (60 miles) south of Cairo. Clashes flared anew on Friday after weekly Muslim prayers.For more than a month, Muslims have attacked churches over the incident and forced Christians to close their shops in the town. |
