15 killed in Cairo violence

By IANS,

Cairo: At least 15 people, including street vendors and store staffers, were killed in violence Monday evening in downtown Cairo, Xinhua reported.

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“The fight started when vendors attempted to establish their stands outside a large cosmetic store in Moski area in central Cairo, and the store owner shot dead two of them,” a security source said.

Angry vendors then set fire to the store while the owner was inside, killing him and 12 of his workers.