Den koptiske prästen fader Simon Shehata knivhöggs
till döds av en salafist när han var på besök i en
kyrka i Kairo. Mordet skede tydligen helt slumpartat
när islamisten såg två präster på gatan. Som ni ser
jagades de av mördaren medan de försökte hinna in
i kyrkan.
(Koptiska kyrkor har oftast kraftiga järngrindar.....)
Men i själva kyrkporten knivhuggs fader Simon till
döds.
A Coptic priest affiliated with a church in Upper Egypt’s
governorate of Beni Suef was stabbed by a man on
Thursday in Cairo’s northeastern suburb of El–Marg,
state-run newspaper of Akhbar Al Youm reported.
The priest, Samaan Shehta, was in Cairo when a young
unemployed man blocked the way in front of his vehicle
and asked him to step down from it. He then hit the priest’s
head with cleaver and ran away, a local journalist told
Egypt Independent on condition of anonymity.
“It is believed that it is a hate crime that has been
executed by an extremist affiliated to IS or
Salafism,” he explained.
The Egyptian Coptic Church released a statement asserting
that the death of priest Samaan Shehta occurred near
El-salam city while he was with another priest, Benjamin
Moftah, who was also assaulted.
The statement did not provide further details about
the second priest.
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Samtidigt varnar en brittisk forskare för hur kalifatets
inflytande över salafisterna i Egypten växer och resulterar
i ett ökande antal anti-koptiska våldsdåd.
Igår rapporterade AINA News hur sju kristna och poliser
dödats vid en kalifatattack i El-Arish nära gränsen till Israel.
governorate of Beni Suef was stabbed by a man on
Thursday in Cairo’s northeastern suburb of El–Marg,
state-run newspaper of Akhbar Al Youm reported.
The priest, Samaan Shehta, was in Cairo when a young
unemployed man blocked the way in front of his vehicle
and asked him to step down from it. He then hit the priest’s
head with cleaver and ran away, a local journalist told
Egypt Independent on condition of anonymity.
“It is believed that it is a hate crime that has been
executed by an extremist affiliated to IS or
Salafism,” he explained.
The Egyptian Coptic Church released a statement asserting
that the death of priest Samaan Shehta occurred near
El-salam city while he was with another priest, Benjamin
Moftah, who was also assaulted.
The statement did not provide further details about
the second priest.
***
Samtidigt varnar en brittisk forskare för hur kalifatets
inflytande över salafisterna i Egypten växer och resulterar
i ett ökande antal anti-koptiska våldsdåd.
Igår rapporterade AINA News hur sju kristna och poliser
dödats vid en kalifatattack i El-Arish nära gränsen till Israel.
