Suspects in Hate Crime Against Minya Coptic Christian Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison

The Minya Criminal Court has sentenced 10 defendants to five years in prison each for their role in a wave of hate crimes committed against the Coptic Christian community in 2016 in the village of Korm in Abu Qurqas. The ruling, issued yesterday Tuesday the 16th of June, also acquitted 14 others due to insufficient evidence tying them to the crimes, which included acts of violence, vandalism and arson attacks against the Coptic Christian citizens of Abu Qurqas, Minya. The violence broke out in May 2016 in the village of Korm following rumors of an interfaith affair between a Muslim woman and a Coptic Christian man, Attiya Daniel. Daniel’s mother, Soad Thabet, was targeted by angry mobs of Muslim villagers who dragged her out of her home, assaulted her, stripped her and paraded her naked in the streets. الحمد لله العدل والحق ظهر في قضية سيدة الكرم .. السجن 5 سنوات لـ10 متهمين تحية للنائب العام للطعن على الحكم السابق واعادة المحاكمة …. تحية لكل شاهد على الحق … تحية لقضاء عادل لا يرضى الظلم …. حقك رجع اخيرا ❤️ لا تحزني ❤️#سيدة_الكرم pic.twitter.com/jGXp66X1je — Maya Morsy (@mayamorsy) June 15,…

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