Christmas Eve Violence in Egypt

A rough day in Egypt. First there was violence at the Gaza border, in which at least one border guard died. Now, there's been a drive-by shooting in the Nile city of Nag Hammadi, outside a church where Copts were celebrating Christmas eve (under the Julian calendar). Five Coptic civilians and a policeman were killed. There's been an upsurge in violence against Copts in Upper Egypt lately, most notably in Farshout, also in the same general area. UPDATE: This Arabic report from Al-Yom al-Sabi‘ quotes a security source as suggesting this was linked to the Farshout troubles.

If more is known I'll post more on this tomorrow.