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The investigation unit in al-Qussiya, Asyut, arrested one of the defendants accused of killing a Copt due to a revenge in ‘IzbitAntunVillage. Masked assailants had attacked Kyrollos Marzūk Sam’ān on Sunday night and ran away. 
Minya security forces succeeded yesterday in releasing secondary school Coptic student.
On Sunday 14th of September, more than 200 Copts attacked a police station in the village Jabal al-Tayr, belonging to the governorate Minya, with Molotov cocktails which hurt three policemen and destroyed three police cars.
Popular and security efforts succeeded in nipping a sectarian strife in the bud. 
Bishop Makarios issued a statement in which he recalled the events that took place in August of last year. He stated that 14 August is an important station in the history of the church.
The preacher of ‘Amr Ibn al- Khattāb Mosque in Minya, Muhammad Hussayn, allegedly a Muslim Brotherhood supporter, has doubted the religious creed of the people of the governorate.
Copts of al- Minya celebrated yesterday the journey of Virgin Mary to  the Monastery of Jabal al- Tayr, Samalūt, Minya. 
Three citizens have been injured including two Copts in two sectarian fights between Copts and Muslims in al-Minyā and Abū Qurqās.  Malak Mikhael, a bread seller, arrived at the Minya security department with several wounds and stated that a Muslim person (name appeared in initials only) has...
The prosecution has ordered the arrest of the 14 defendants from al-Hiwārtah and Nazlit-‘Ābid incidents in Minya. They are accused of blocking reconciliation efforts that started two days ago with Bayt al-‘Āi’lah (Māhir ‘Abd al-Sabūr, al-Shurūq, Dec. 6, p. 5). Read original text in Arabic.
The governor had asked Mustafá Muhammad ‘Abd Allāh to accompany a delegation visiting churches to congratulate Copts but he violated instructions and refused to do so. [Māhir ‘Abd al-Sabūr, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, June 6, p. 2] Read text in Arabic

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