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On 15 February, a video was released showing their murder by beheading. This was not the first time that Coptic Egyptians in Libya had been the subject of abuse for political reasons, a pattern that goes back to the 1950s. [6] In 2014, a militia group in eastern Libya declared its affiliation with IS and then took over parts of Derna in late 2014.
Three days later, a video showed up purportedly showing the beheading of the captives on a beach. The Coptic Church of Egypt confirmed the deaths, [23] while Al-Azhar Mosque condemned the incident. Sisi announced a seven-day period of national mourning and called for an urgent meeting with the country's top security body. [24]
[5] [14] The explosion resulted in scattered body parts, destroyed cars and smashed windows. [5] [11] 21 Coptic Christians were killed immediately following the explosion, or soon after, and about 97 people – most of them Christians – were injured. [2] [5] [12] [14] The remains were covered with newspapers until they were brought inside the ...
Twenty-one Egyptian Coptic Christians, beheaded in February 2015 near Tripoli, Libya, by IS jihadists. [48] [49] [50] Twenty-eight Ethiopian Christians, beheaded in Libya in April 2015 by IS jihadists. [51] A video (article published July 2015) shows a boy executing a Syrian Arab Army soldier using a knife in Palmyra. [52]
The Nag Hammadi massacre was a massacre of Coptic Christians carried out on the eve of 7 January 2010, in the Egyptian city of Nag Hammadi.The massacre occurred at the hands of Muslim gunmen in front of the Nag Hammadi Cathedral, as Coptic Christians were leaving the church after celebrating the midnight Christmas Divine Liturgy.
The Coptic Orthodox Church named the monks killed in South Africa as Monk Hegumen Takla el-Samuely, Monk Yostos ava Markos and Monk Mina ava Markos. All three were Egyptian nationals.
At least 41 people were killed when a fire broke out at a church in the Giza neighborhood of Imbaba on August 14, the Coptic Orthodox Church reported citing health officials.The fire broke out at ...
On August 12, 2015, a still image, shared by IS sympathizers on social media, showed the apparent body of Croatian Tomislav Salopek, a married, 30-year-old father of two, whose first video containing his captors′ threat and demand that the government of Egypt free imprisoned ″Muslim women″, was released on August 5, 2015, [82] the day ...