Two people have died and 16 others wounded in battles over scarce butane gas cylinders in several governorates.
A 50-year-old man was killed in Assiut, and a 39-year-old in Aswan, when dozens of people intercepted two vans carrying cylinders.
In Giza, three people were wounded in a fight while customers were waiting in line for cylinders, whose price has reached LE40.
In Minya, the price hit LE55, prompting the residents to block the highway and the corniche in protest.
In Sohag, residents blocked the railways, causing a four-hour delay for passing trains.
Monufiya witnessed clashes among people standing in queues. In Cairo, more than 16,000 smuggled cylinders were confiscated just as they were about to be sold on the black market.
A Daqahlia gas station had to close down after it was assaulted by residents looking for cylinders.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
