The Pope’s statements declare the innocence of the Egyptian Army in the bloodshed at Maspero

Pope Tawadros’ statements today confirmed his belief that the Egyptian Army is not to blame for the bloodshed in the Maspero incident. He claimed instead that the Muslim Brotherhood provoked the incident when they tricked Christian youth into entering a violent confrontation with the Egyptian Army just before fleeing. The Pope justified the violence saying that sectarianism is inevitable in any country as big as Egypt.

(8 January 2015, al-Talī ̔a News, No Author Mentioned)

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