Further, the Ministry of Interior Affairs announced the arrest of eight people involved in the killing. Maj. Gen. Muhammad Ibrāhīm, Minister of Interior, said that the incident was an evil crime, saying that there is no difference between Sunnīs and Shī’ahs. He said the police forces are not weak and have arrested eight of the instigators and participants and identified the rest. Moreover, Maj. Gen. 'Abd al-Fattāh 'Uthman, First Assistant Interior Minister for Information and Public Affairs, said that the accused were identified using evidence from camera footage of the incident (Yusrī al-Badrī and ‘Isām Abū Sudīrah, al-Misrī al-Yawm, June 26, p. 10). Read original text in Arabic.

The Coptic Orthodox Church issued a statement in support of the role played by the armed forces, and paying homage to the promise of  Col. Gen. Abdul Fatah al-Sisi (‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī), Supreme Commander of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, and Minister of Defense and Military Production, during his speech two days ago (June 24) ensuring the protection of the Egyptian people. Also each of the Evangelical and Catholic churches had issued statements confirming their trust in the armed forces and their protection for the people (Peter Majdī, al-Tahrīr, June 26, p. 3). The article has no link online.