President Mursi's statement following the events at the Cathedral has been criticized as being lukewarm and meager. While claiming to have ordered an immediate investigation into the events, his statement appears to have ignored factors relating to the basis of the clashes. There was no mention of widespread allegations that security forces and unknown groups, fired birdshot into the Cathedral and at the Coptic protestors. The statement didn’t even mention the religious strife behind the clashes (Peter Majdī, al-Tahrīr, Apr. 8, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.