Clashes have flared in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria, following a car bombing outside a Coptic Christian church that killed 21 and wounded 97 people.
Police and Christian men faced off late on Saturday afternoon, with reports of rubber-coated bullets and tear gas being fired at crowds of young men.
Reporting for Al Jazeera, Nadia Abou El-Meg, a journalist in Alexandria, said: "This scene [of clashes] has been [witnessed] several times today. The protesters started gathering and throwing stones ... the police responded with tear gas.
"Tension is running very high and people are very angry ... We saw a lot of people weeping and screaming and asking why are they being attacked.
"The church has issued a statement which was also very angry, demanding justice, and criticising the performance of the government.
"More and more people are gathering as the night is falling. Many people are not buying this idea of the suicide bomber."
The Copts are the biggest Christian community in the Middle East and account for up to 10 per cent of Egypt's 80m population.
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