Death sentences for Egypt killing

Two Christians have been sentenced to death in Egypt for killing a Muslim man who married one of their relatives.

Rami and Raafat Khella, the brother and uncle of Mariam Atef Khella, broke into her home in Cairo in 2008 and opened fire on her husband, Ahmed Sallah.

Ms Khella had converted to Islam three years earlier to marry Mr Sallah, in defiance of the wishes of her family.

The death sentence will now be reviewed by Egypt's Grand Mufti, Ali Gomaa, its highest authority on Islamic law.

The state-appointed cleric is expected to rule on Monday.

Ms Khella and her baby daughter, Nur, were also wounded in last year's attack, which left Mr Sallah's body riddled with bullets.

Christians, most of whom belong to the Coptic denomination, make up around 10% of Egypt's 80 million population.

They often complain of discrimination and harassment, though live relatively harmoniously in the majority Muslim country.