Egyptian Christians fear chaos after wedding bloodshed
Source:
Reuters
Date of source:
21 Oct 2013
Reference:
By: Yasmine Saleh
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Coptic Christians joyfully waited outside the Virgin Church in Cairo for the bride to arrive to join the groom for their wedding.
Instead, bearded men on a motorcycle pulled up and fired on the crowd, deepening the fears of many Christians that their minority community will pay the bloodiest price following the ouster of elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in July.
"We heard gunfire and ran outside to find people and children lying on the ground swimming in their blood," said Father Sawiris Boshra of the assault on Sunday night.
(Michael Georgy, Reuters, Oct. 21, 2013) Read original
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