Eleven people died in overnight fighting between Christians and Muslims in the suburbs of Cairo, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, in the deadliest unrest since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak last month

An armored vehicle patrolled after clashes between Muslims and Egyptian Coptic Christians in Cairo late on Tuesday.

The clashes broke out during a protest by several hundred Christians over the burning of a church in the village of Soul last week and raged into the early hours of Wednesday morning, adding to a sense of unease as the country begins to chart a post-Mubarak future.

The attack against the church in Soul is said to be the result of tensions surrounding an interfaith love affair.

The clashes that started Tuesday night were the most serious since Egypt’s revolution, which was striking for the solidarity between people of different backgrounds, including religion and social class.