Death toll in Egypt church clash rises to 10, 186 wounded

 
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By REUTERS 
05/08/2011 12:01

Shots fired, firebombs thrown as Salafists surround Saint Mina Church in Cairo demanding the release of Christian woman who converted to Islam.

  CAIRO - The death toll from a sectarian clash over the alleged conversion of an Egyptian Christian woman to Islam rose to 10 on Sunday as the country's prime minister called an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss the violence.

Witnesses said around 500 conservative Islamists known as Salafists massed outside the Saint Mina Church in the Cairo suburb of Imbaba on Saturday demanding that Christians hand over a woman they said had converted to Islam.

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