Some Muslims set the houses of their Coptic neighbors ablaze on Saturday after a dispute over building a church in Awlad Khalaf village in the Sohag Governorate, southern Egypt.

A police official said this happened after a Christian man opened fire on Muslims protesting against the church and injured two. He added that the fire destroyed a number of houses but did not hurt anyone, and military reinforcements were sent to the village in case the situation deteriorates.

Almasraya Alyoum