Cairo Clashes At St Mark's Coptic Cathedral After Funerals -- BBC
One person has been killed in clashes outside Cairo's main cathedral following the funerals of four Coptic Christians killed in religious violence on Thursday.
Mourners leaving St Mark's Cathedral clashed with local residents.
Police fired tear gas to break up the violence. More than 80 people were injured, the state news agency said.
The health ministry said one Christian man was killed. The ambulance service said he was struck with birdshot.
Mourners inside the church had earlier chanted slogans against Egypt's Islamist President, Mohammed Morsi.
Witnesses told local TV stations that the violence started when a mob attacked mourners as they exited the cathedral, pelting them with stones and petrol bombs. There was initially little police presence.
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More News On Muslim - Christian Violence In Egypt
One dead, many wounded in Cairo cathedral clashes -- Reuters
Attack on Christians in Egypt Comes After a Pledge -- New York Times
Copts Denounce Egypt’s Mursi as Violence Erupts at Church -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Egyptian Christian funeral ends in violent clashes, killing one -- The Guardian
One killed at funeral after Muslim-Christian clashes -- CNN
New clashes erupt between Coptic Christians, Muslims in Cair -- Christian Science Monitor
Christian mourners flee Cairo mob in sectarian violence -- CBC/AP
My Comment: The Egyptian economy is now in free-fall .... by stoking sectarian unrest, the Muslim Brotherhood and their allies are able to divert attention from their failures.
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