Egypt: Man sentenced to death over Xmas shooting

  1. Posted on Tuesday 18 January 2011 - 09:40
    KingsleyKobo
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    Kingsley Kobo, AfricaNews reporter in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
    The Egyptian man charged with the shooting and killing of seven people outside a church on Coptic Christmas Eve has been sentenced to death, Egypt's Daily News said Monday. Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Hassan killed six Coptic Christians and one Muslim in Naga Hammadi on Coptic Christmas Eve of January 6.
    Egypt: Man sentenced to death over Xmas shooting
    The defendant had been charged along with two other men, both of whom are accused of massacre and are awaiting sentencing.

    Korashi Abol-Haggag Mohamed and Hendawy Mohamed Sayed Hassan are expected to be sentenced to death as well.

    The verdict was received with cheers by the Copts as violence had escalated following the New Year's Eve bombing that left 23 people dead and more than 90 injured outside a church in Alexandria.

    The blast took place outside the church as worshipers were leaving the New Year's mass in the early hours of January 1st this year. The Ministry of Interior later informed that the terror attack was perpetrated by a suicide bomber.

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  1. Posted on Tuesday 18 January 2011 22:27
    Jenny Lee
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    Jenny Lee
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    this is really unacceptable ! Killing such innocent people will not bring anything in peace! Geo Lenses
  2. Posted on Wednesday 19 January 2011 13:46
    wombo696
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    "The verdict was received with cheers by the Copts"... isn't it a little contradictory with the Bible (or what christianity should be). Instead of cheering, maybe they should start worrying about their deads... Vengeance is not going to bring back anybody, it would change anything. I tought there was still people following what religious book learned us, but every day i am more and more deceive by what i see.
  3. Posted on Friday 13 April 2012 18:20
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    He should be prosecuted to the max. He is definitely guilty of this crime so much. I am not sure what you were thinking at all Roll Up Stand

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