The number of victims of al-Warrāq Church attack has increased to five after one of the injured people, a Muslim, passed away yesterday. The investigations revealed that the security forces responsible for securing the church were not armed. The security personnel assured that they left the church as the police station did not hand them any arms. They added that some of the inhabitants of al-Warrāq who were dispersed from the Nahdah and Rāba’ah sit-ins started provoking them so they decided to leave their posts on August 14  in front of the church out of fear that the Muslim Brotherhood may attack them (Umnīyah Ibrahīm et al., al-Wafd, Oct. 25, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.

[Translator’s note an article of the same content appeared in al-Shurūq, Oct. 25, p. 1 (read original text in Arabic) and in al-Watan, Oct. 25, p. 5 (read original text in Arabic).]