Egypt on Alert After Deadly Clashes Between Copts, Military

Egyptian authorities ordered a fact-finding committee to investigate clashes between Coptic Christian protesters and security forces that left at least 25 dead.

The violence began Oct. 9 when several hundred Egyptian Christians, protesting a recent attack on a church, came under assault by people in plainclothes and were then confronted by security forces, witnesses said. The army later imposed a curfew until 7 a.m. yesterday in the center of Cairo, the capital.