The city of Khosous in Qalyubiya is current calm after security intervened to stop clashes between Muslims and Christians Friday evening
A security source at the Qalyubiya Security Directorate told state-run news agency MENA that 15 people were arrested on charges of rioting.
Security forces buffered their presence in the areas where clashes took places, as well as in the vicinity of the Mary Gerges Church after a group of Muslim protesters had gathered in streets nearby.
The security source denied that protesters burned the house of a Christian accused of killing Mohamed Mahmoud, an 18-year-old student, during clashes. The source added that protesters had set fires in the streets leading to the house but security forces stopped them before they burned the house.
The clashes started Friday after a group of boys vandalized the wall of an Al-Azhar-affiliated building with graffiti, which denigrated into armed clashes between groups of Muslims and Christians. The clashes continued until early Saturday morning, killing four people and injuring several others.
Edited translation from MENA
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