CAIRO: Armed clashes erupted Tuesday between two families in Upper Egypt’s governorate of Asyut have disrupted education in a primary school, Youm7 reported.
The feud-triggered clashes erupted between the Al-Nawaser and Al-Fearan families in Asyut’s southern town of al-Badary, known for blood feuds, locally known as Al-Tar. The town is also known for its highly armed population, especially following the 2011 uprising and the lack of security on Egypt-Libya borderline.
Scores of police forces moved to the scene and cordoned off the vicinity of the primary school and homes of the two families while the prosecutors began investigating the crime, security source at Asyut security directorate told Youm7. No casualties were reported.
In April 2014, 27 people were killed and dozens were injured in an armed tribal clashes erupted in Upper Egypt’s governorate of Aswan between the Arab clans of Beni Helal and the Daboud Nubian tribe.
The armed clashes erupted following a scuffle over an alleged drug deal; members of the Arab Beni Helal family stabbed a member of the Nubian Daboud tribe and another from Kubania tribe. The alleged perpetrators set the two corpses on fire, placed them on a cart, and paraded them in the city streets.