Signs of rising sectarian tension

by IRIN | on Jan13 2010

CAIRO, 13 January 2010 (IRIN) – A 6 January drive-by shooting on a Coptic Christian congregation leaving midnight mass on their Christmas Eve in Nagaa Hammadi, southern Egypt, has focused attention on decades-old tensions between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.

Cairo - Coptic Christians gather around the coffins of the victims of the 6 January drive-by shooting

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