Fifteen killed in Cairo gunfight between street vendors and shopkeepers

MENA, Ahram Online, Monday 29 Jul 2013

Street fight in central Cairo on Monday evening kills fifteen

Fifteen have been killed in a gunfight Monday evening between shop owners and street vendors in the central Cairo district of El-Moski, state news agency MENA reported.

A fire also erupted in one of the shops during the fight but firefighters were able to contain it before it spread to nearby buildings, a security source told MENA.

Violent street fights have increased over the past two and a half years due to lax security and the spread of unlicenced weapons in the wake of the January 25 revolution.

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