10 die in Egyptian land dispute
04/07/2008 08:15  - (SA)  

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Cairo - A land dispute between two Egyptian families erupted into gunbattles that left 10 people dead and up to 27 wounded on Thursday, said police and medics.

A police official said that members of al-Kilani clan in the village of Mit Abou el-Attar had killed a man from another family to evade granting him a share of their land, after he rid it of thugs who had seized it by force.

The family of the dead man retaliated by killing 10 members of the Kilani clan, the official added on a customary condition of anonymity.

He said 17 people were wounded in the fighting with automatic rifles, while medics put the figure at 27. There were few further details. Gun ownership was common in the Egyptian countryside.

The village was in the province of Qalyoubiya north of Cairo.

- Reuters

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