A judge has extended the jail sentence of 154 Christians who were arrested following the riots concerning a church building in al-‘Umrāniyyah. However, two children and two women were released.

The incidents, which took place two weeks ago, resulted in two deaths and 67 injuries. Lawyers of the arrested accuse the security forces of creating excuses to arrest people.

[Reviewer: Similar news was reported on the same day in al-Jumhūrīyah (p. 3), al-Ahrār
(p. 1), al-Wafd (p. 2) and al-Ahrām (p. 22)]