2 more slain in Egypt tribal feud

ASWAN: Clashes between an Arab clan and a Nubian family resumed Sunday in Egypt’s south, killing two people and wounding four, health officials said, leaving the tourist city of Aswan on the edge despite a high-profile effort to end the bloodshed.
The bloody clashes, which began Friday, have so far claimed 25 lives. Gunfights broke out outside the local hospital and morgue near the city’s center, a few km from the tourist hotels and its commercial areas.
An angry mob from the Arab clan torched more new Nubian homes Sunday after collecting the bodies of their relatives to bury. The attack pushed armed Nubians into the streets, sparking pitched gun battles. Police struggled to break up the mob outside the hospital. A military helicopter flew over the area.
Locals meanwhile complained of the inability of security forces to halt the vendetta violence.
A Nubian resident reached by telephone said gunmen from the Arab Haleyla clan attacked his neighborhood El-Sayel El-Rifi, on the edge of Aswan.
“We are dying. They are attacking us,” he said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he feared for his life. “There is no government and no police in the area.”