Date of source: Sunday, January 9, 2000
The number of accused involved in the incidents of Al-Koshh has risen to forty-six after police seized six new accused. Counselor Hisham Saraya, General Attorney accused six persons of forming armed gangs that committed violent actions in the country, murder, attempted murder, raising conflicts in...
Date of source: Monday, January 10, 2000
The disaster of Al-Koshh has shaken Egyptian feelings. It hit everybody with fear and worry about the future of the nation that is threatened by anonymous hands seeking to destroy its stability and national unity. There is no doubt that these incidents... raise many important questions. ... 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: Saturday, January 8, 2000
Prime Minister Dr. Atef Ebeid visited Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the missionary province of St. Mark yesterday in the Abbassiyya Cathedral to extend Christmas greetings to him. Dr. Sayyed Tantawi the Sheikh Al-Azhar and other religious and government dignitaries also...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Safwat Al-Sherif, Minister of Information announced yesterday that the Council of Ministers decided to take strict measures against the fanatic elements and the instigators of conflicts that led to the dangerous incidents in Al-Koshh in Sohag.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Security forces have been able to fully control all the area in which the riot incidents occurred in Al-Koshh, Dar Al-Salam and nearby villages. Quietness dominates the locations of the incidents and life has gone back to normal. Shops opened in Dar Al-Salam. The curfew continued in Al-Koshh....
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2000
Disagreements in the village of Al-Koshh in Sohag were renewed yesterday. Some citizens exchanged gunfire from the roofs of houses due to financial disagreements. Abdel-Messih Mahrose and his daughter Samia were killed, and eight citizens were injured. Security forces moved to the scene to handle...
Date of source: Saturday, January 2, 1999
A responsible security source from the Ministry of Interior announced that a clash took place in the main street of the village of Al-Koshh in Sohag governorate. The source made it clear that the clash was between Fawzy Awad Ahmed Hussein and Rashid Fahim Mansour. The clash was due to some...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 1999
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights apologized over receiving an award given to its secretary general from "The Freedom House" based in Washington. Hafez Abu-Seda, the secretary general stated that the award was given to him because of the famous Koshh report.