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Egyptian Coptic demonstrators carry Christian crosses and an Egyptian flag during a Copts demonstration in Cairo Nasser Nasser/AP/Press Association Images

Fighting resumes in Cairo after night of unrest

24 people were killed and 200 were wounded in yesterday’s clashes between Muslims, Christians and security forces.

FIGHTING HAS RESUMED on the streets of Cairo, Egypt.

Security officials say clashes between Christian protesters and Egyptian security forces have resumed, with hundreds pelting the police with rocks outside a central Cairo hospital.

At least 24 people were killed when Christians, angered by a recent church attack, clashed Sunday night with Muslims and security forces outside the state television building in central Cairo.

The officials say today’s clashes took place outside a Cairo hospital where bodies of Christian victims were kept.

There was no word of casualties.

The latest violence comes hours before funeral services for the victims were to be held at the Coptic Christian cathedral in Cairo.

Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf said the violence was part of a “dirty conspiracy”.

The European Union condemned the violence, with EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton saying it was for Egypt “to protect your people, whoever they are, wherever they come from or whatever belief or faith they have.”

Egypt’s state television said authorities have stepped up security in anticipation of renewed unrest, deploying additional troops outside parliament and the Cabinet.

Riot police were also stationed outside the Coptic hospital where most of the victims’ bodies are kept.

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    Mute Micheal D. Lynch
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    Oct 10th 2011, 2:39 PM

    And so it begins…..

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    Mute JSLeFanu
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    Oct 10th 2011, 6:08 PM

    Indeed Michael although it’s been beginning for a while now. You don’t need to be Nostradamus to figure what direction this is going in, down the drain. Under Mubarak Egypt managed about 6% annual growth throughout the naughties. Not trivial. Now their economy is tanking with Tourism being the first casualty. But it gets worse, now The Brotherhood are planning on introducing a “dress code” for tourists. Factor in that Egypt has to import almost half it’s calories and is now entering the teeth of a balance of payments crisis and the next stop is malnutrition and in some cases starvation. But it doesn’t take a genius to figure out who’ll be starving first, yup, the Coptic Christians, that’s who.

    The’s in the region of 9 million Coptic Christians in Egypt and the west better put its thinking cap on damn fast about what our policy is going to be towards these unfortunate people. I’m guessing that as “tensions” rise the pressure will grow on the west to provide ever greater amounts of aid to Egypt. This will be done ostensibly on humanitarian grounds but one of the unspoken motivations will be the threat that if we don’t pay up the Copts are going to get it. Arab Spring my ass.

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