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15 arrested after arson attack on Christian homes in Upper Egypt
[Al Ahram] Police have placed in durance vileYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! 15 people after an arson attack on houses belonging to Coptic Christians in an Upper Egyptian village on Saturday, a security source said. The defendants are accused of torching five houses in Abou Yacoub village in Minya governorate on Saturday, after rumours spread that a church was being constructed in the area. They were arrested hours later, Al-Ahram's Arabic site reported. The incident came 20 days after similar events had taken place in Samalout, also in Minya, when locals set on fire an under-construction building out of belief that it was a church. Posted by: Fred 2016-07-17 |
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