Egypt’s President ordered state institutions on Thursday to take the necessary measures to maintain order and restore properties after attacks on Christians in Minya, Upper Egypt, and to bring the perpetrators to justice. Meanwhile, Egypt’s Prime Minister said that no criminals would “escape without punishment”, adding that the violence was “regrettable.” Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II said on Thursday he is following up closely on the events that took place in Minya where a group of Muslims attacked Christians and stripped a Coptic woman naked. The attacks occurred on May 20 following rumours that the woman’s son had an affair with a Muslim woman, according to the local church and witnesses. The Christian man fled the Karam village with his wife and children after he received threats, while his parents filed a complaint on May 19 to security officials reporting those threats, according to the local Coptic Orthodox church’s statement on Wednesday. One day later, a group of 300 armed individuals attacked seven houses where Christians reside, looting them and setting them ablaze, causing an estimated loss of EGP 350,000, and stripped the mother naked out on the street, the local church…
President Sisi Demands Justice After Coptic Christian Woman Stripped Naked, Beaten in Streets
May 27, 2016
