Bishop Makarios stated that the cause of the sectarian violence in Nazlit ‘Ābid is due to the disagreement over ownership of a piece a land. He stated at a number of Muslim Brotherhood supporters joined the Muslim person and started shooting at Christians (Mustafá Rahūmah and Islām Fahmī, al-Watan, Dec. 1, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.

[Translator’s note: A story of a similar content appeared in al-Watan, Dec. 1, p. 7. Read original text in Arabic.]