The World : Egyptian Scouts Attacked

Fundamentalist Muslim students in Egypt attacked a group of Boy and Girl Scouts with knives, stones and bicycle chains, then opened fire on security forces as they came to the youths’ aid, authorities said. About 50 students were arrested after the incident, officials said. The trouble began during a meeting and parade of the Rovers, a group roughly equivalent to the Explorers in the American Boy Scout program, at a stadium in Assyut, Egypt. University officials said militants attacked the male and female Scouts because of their belief that the sexes should not mix in public. Two policemen and two extremists were slightly wounded.