Cairo (CNN)An
Egyptian court has sentenced 71 people to life in prison for their role
in the August 2013 burning of a Christian church in the Giza province
village of Kafr Hakim, state news reports.
The
Virgin Mary Church was torched and looted by a mob, some of whom
chanted against Coptic Christians and called for Egypt to become an
"Islamic state," one of at least 42 churches and many more businesses
and homes targeted that August, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch
reports. Others attacked included St. George Church in Sohag, a city
south of Cairo on the Nile River, and Prince Tadros Church in Fayoum,
which is southwest of Cairo, according to reports.
click here for details
No comments:
Post a Comment