Date of source: Sunday, January 9, 2000
Muslims in Al-Koshh went out to pray Eid Al-Fitr prayers normally. Muslims all around Sohag prayed the feast prayers in areas specified for these, which were seven squares. Abdel-Aziz Bakr, governor of Sohag has prayed the feast prayer in the square of Sohag Sports Stadium. He then went to the...
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2000
Supreme State Security Prosecution finished yesterday all the inspections and photographing of the [sites of] violent incidents in Al-Koshh and the nearby villages. Counselor Hisham Saraya, General Attorney for Prosecution ordered the restoration of all shops, houses and offices that were...
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2000
Supreme State Security Prosecution, under the supervision of Counselor Hisham Saraya, General Attorney, decided to detain thirty-two riot instigators in the incidents of Al-Koshh for fifteen days pending investigations. Prosecution accused them of murder, inciting conflicts, riot and repeating...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Mustafa Abdel-Qader, Minister of Local Development visited the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Belyana. He was accompanied by Ahmed Abdel-Aziz Bakr, governor of Sohag, political and local authorities and Moslem religious officials. He met with Christian clergy and Bishop Wissa, bishop of Belyana and...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Life has started going back to normal in the areas and villages of tension in Al-Koshh, as well as the nearby villages to which the incidents have expanded. ... Things went back to normal yesterday after the security forces were able to control the situation, placing stringent security on all...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Counselor Hisham Saraya, the general attorney of Al-Koshh Supreme State Security Agency ordered the detention of all the defendants in the Koshh incidents, who are 21 in number, for fifteen days for investigations. The Prosecution accused them of inciting violent and riotous incidents, inciting...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 4, 2000
The incidents in Al-Koshh have been controlled after the number of victims increased to twenty dead and thirty-five injured. The conflicts between the inhabitants have also resulted in the burning of two cars and destruction of thirty-three shops. A responsible security official of the Ministry of...
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2000
Eight individuals were killed and nineteen injured in the riot incidents witnessed by Al-Koshh village and Dar Al-Salam city in Sohag yesterday evening.
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 1999
Al-Koshh, is the village that excited the world in August 1998, and had a place in all news broadcasts - in the morning and the evening, we heard its news! Al-Koshh - the famous Upper Egypt village - how did it live Ramadan this year? Especially since 75% of its inhabitants are Copts and 25%...
Date of source: Thursday, November 19, 1998
This article discusses the several faxes Lord David Alton of Liverpool wrote to Sohag’s governor Ahmad Abd Al-Aziz Bakr concerning the issue of al-Koshh.