Date of source: Wednesday, August 11, 1999
Doctors and nurses who saved the life of priest Istafanous were rewarded.
Date of source: Friday, August 6, 1999
During the investigations, Father Istafanous confirmed that he could identify the criminal with 60% certainty if he could see him again.
Date of source: Thursday, August 5, 1999
The security forces in Al-Gharbia are making strenuous efforts in order to arrest the criminal who attacked the priest. There are a lot of suspects, but the investigations have not reached a final conclusion.
Date of source: Thursday, August 5, 1999
The Muslim and Christian religious leaders denounced the attack on father Istaphanous.
President Mubarak sent a medical delegation and security sources pointed out that the criminal is a Christian.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 4, 1999
A priest in al-Mahalla al-Kubra was attacked by an unknown person who stabbed him with a knife in different parts of his body. The priest was taken to the hospital. Before the priest went into a coma, he described the criminal.
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 1999
Frequently questions are asked about why this accident had to happen. Was it a punishment of God? Was it a terrorist attack directed against Christians? The author ponders a number of answers given by Christians and Muslims in Egypt as well as questions asked and claims made by Coptic organizations...
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 1999
The principal question in this disaster is who is responsible for this disaster?
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 1999
A police report shows the driver of the truck was responsible for the accident because he drove on the left side of the road.
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 1999
The author relates two different versions of the accident which happened on Friday July 23, 1999 involving a truck and two buses carrying young people from Mar Girgis Church in Heliopolis in which many of the bus passengers died. He asks what will happen regarding the department which issued the...
Date of source: Thursday, July 29, 1999 to Wednesday, August 4, 1999
On July 23, on the Cairo-Minya highway a terrible accident happened in which 33 Christian youth lost their lives. There is growing public outrage against the huge number of road accidents which occur annually on Egyptian roads. In 1998 alone, 5,000 people were killed and 22,000 injured in 23,000...