One killed in Egypt sectarian violence

Egyptian officials say one person has been killed and several others wounded in Cairo in the latest sectarian violence between Christians and Muslims which followed the funeral of Coptic Christians.

According to AFP, the clashes erupted on Sunday outside the city’s Coptic Orthodox cathedral, where a service was being held for four Christians killed in clashes on Friday.
The angry mourners chanted slogans against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood party as they left the cathedral and started hurling rocks at police officers.
According to witnesses, the protesters damaged six private cars and set two on fire, prompting an angry reaction from Muslims living in the neighborhood, who pelted them with stones.
In a telephone call to Coptic Pope Tawadros II late on Sunday, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi condemned the clashes at the cathedral, calling them “an attack on myself.”
On April 5, four Christian Copts and one Muslim were killed when the two sides started fighting and shooting at each other in El Khusus north of the Egyptian capital.