CAIRO: A woman was killed and another injured in the southern city of Qena after they stood in the way of a bulldozer that was demolishing a home built without a permit, a security official said on Monday.
The two women, whose family had moved onto the land and built a home there, were protesting against the demolition, which followed a court order. It was not clear whether the two women were inside the house or standing by the fence surrounding the house.
Housing regulations are regularly flouted in Egypt, where portions of neighborhoods were constructed without permits and people often illegally add storeys to their homes, sometimes causing building collapses. -AFP
