(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Clashes erupted between hundreds of Copts and Wahhabi Salafists (Muslim fundamentalists) yesterday evening in the Zarayeb district of Muqattam, Cairo.
According to the ministry of health there are at least 51 injured as a result of the clashes.
"We have at the clinic the bodies of six Copts, all of them shot," local priest, Samann Ibrahim told AFP. He also confirmed that at least 45 are injured in the clashes.
On Tuesday a hospital official reported that at one person died.
The protests broke out after 1000 Christians held a demonstration in the Zarayeb district to voice their anger over the burning of a Coptic church (Two Martyrs Church) in the town of Atfeeh in Helwan in south Cairo last Friday, which left two dead.
The Coptic protesters blocked the Autostrad highway leading to Muqattam for two hours. The protesters clashed with residents from the neighbouring Ayisha suburb.
Around 4pm a group of Wahhabi headed to the area to demand the release of Wefaa Constantine and Camilia Shehata, two Coptic women who have allegedly converted to Islam and are allegedly being held by the church.
Sources that have been following the trespasses of state security throughout the years highly suspect that state security is pushing for chaos and counter-revolution to save their hide and find proof in their own documents found in state security buildings that detail some of their methodologies.
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