Army and police forces supported by armored vehicles and helicopters continue to purge Diljā village in al-Minya. They arrested 122 assailants. In addition, the armed forces started to inspect the churches that have been destroyed. An engineering committee of the armed forces has visited the village on orders of General Abd al-Fattāh Al Sīsī, Minister of Defense, in order to inspect them for renovation (Hajāj Al Hussaynī, al-Ahrām, Sept. 18). Read original text in Arabic.

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