29 April 2010
Upper ,Egypt Bokhmim demonstrations and a tight security control in order to avoid any attack on the Archbishop
Following the incident, and the transfer of graves of Muslims to live Kawthar Bokhmim and on the other side not to transfer than that of Christianity, the mass demonstrations by Muslims in the village last Tuesday,4 /27/2010
The decision to move the Muslim graveyard from the Governor of Sohag, General Staff, "Mohsen Numani" The governor of Sohag, in order to remove the effects of the Pharaohs submerged in the ground under those graves that Bokhmim.
The Muslims refused to receive the new graves and they do demonstrations denouncing the transfer of tombs, but during these demonstrations was the attack on the Church of St. Peter and Paul Bmtranip Akhmim, throwing stones, resulting from those acts of sabotage cracking multiple pieces of glass inside the Patriarchate.
It should be noted that the demonstrators also set fire to trees near the Patriarchate and breaking bus trips of Monastery Archangel Michael.
Copts United and moved to the location of the event, and to you the scene, where now some security men and young Coptic Patriarchate, clean up the effects of cracking and burning. And existing security cordon before and after the door of the Archbishop at a distance of 50 meters.
The Governor of Sohag, the rule of General "Mohsin Al-Numani" in an exclusive statement to "Copts United" through the telephone: that things are stable, have been developed strict security control to avoid any attack on the Archbishop.
And assured us that these demonstrations do not belong to anything, but the Copts belong to the province to transport the Muslim graveyard neighborhood Kawthar
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