AL JAZEERA ENGLISH: At least 11 people killed in sectarian clashes after Coptic protest against the torching of a church.
At least 11 people have been killed and around 100 others injured in religious clashes with Muslims in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
A security source told Al Jazeera that of the 11 that were killed on Tuesday, six were Coptic, five were Muslim and that at least 25 people were arrested by the country's military police for their involvement in the clashes.
The deaths on Tuesday occurred in the working-class district of Moqattam after at least 1,000 Copts gathered to protest the burning of a church last week.
It was the second burst of sectarian fighting in as many days and the latest in a string of violent protests over a variety of topics as simmering unrest continues nearly a month after mass protests led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin, reporting from the capital Cairo, said that Christians were demanding "an end to what they describe as discrimination by the state." >>> Source: Al Jazeera and agencies | Wednesday, March 09, 2011
