A new incident occurred in Minya this time in Abu Yacoub village as clashes ignited between Muslims and Christians and houses were torched in the same scenario of Al-Lofy and Al-Karam villages in Samalout. The clashes occurred and houses were torched after rumor spread about converting a christian man house into a church.
Immediately after the clashes in the village occurred in the early hours of Saturday, security forces in Minya arrived to the village and imposed a security cordon in the village.