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Title: Coptic Christians mourn father and son killed by police officer
Post by: TomSea on December 17, 2018, 06:50:07 pm
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Coptic Christians mourn father and son killed by police officer
Christian Today staff writer Mon 17 Dec 2018

A Christian father and son have been shot dead by an Egyptian police officer, according to International Christian Concern (ICC).

Coptic Christians Imad Kamal Sadeq, 49, and his son David, 21, were shot by Robi Mustapha Khalifa, who was stationed as a security guard at the Nahded-al-Qadasa church in Minya, Upper Egypt.

He is in custody being questioned while authorities reviewed CCTV footage from the church's security cameras.

Read more at: https://www.christiantoday.com/article/coptic-christians-mourn-father-and-son-killed-by-police-officer/131238.htm (https://www.christiantoday.com/article/coptic-christians-mourn-father-and-son-killed-by-police-officer/131238.htm)

More reading here: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/minya-stan-copts-fear-reprisal-fundamentals-and-security-forces-1465801360 (https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/minya-stan-copts-fear-reprisal-fundamentals-and-security-forces-1465801360)

It's on CCTV, something certainly is wrong with this picture.  Maybe we will find out.