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Christian brothers Adel and Ashraf were gunned down while helping a fellow Christian.
EGYPT: Violence Escalates During Holidays but the brothers had been helping stopped briefly at their car parts January 02, 2018 News Service 2000 Co-Worker & World another Christian shopkeeper re- store. A Muslim man drove up to the stock alcohol to hand out during the front on a three-wheeler (tuk tuk) Watch Monitor Violence escalated during the Christmas holidays in Egypt. The Mar Mina and Pope Kyrillos Church was attacked on December 29th. That same day, two Christian men were shot to death inside their appliance store. On January 19th, 2018, we heard from one of our co-workers that two brothers, Ashraf and Adel were gunned down on January 1st near their car parts store by a radical Muslim man. The motive is unclear,
New Year’s celebrations. Muslims are forbidden to drink alcohol, and liquor stores, most of which are run by nominal Christians, have come under attack in the past by Muslims who believe the stores should be banned. A radical Muslim last year slit the throat of a Christian in Alexandria who was selling alcohol. The attacker said he would kill all sellers of alcohol if he could. Brothers Adel and Ashraf had just departed from their church and
and opened fire shouting, “Christians and pagans!” Both brothers were killed. One young man who witnessed the killings, ran after the gunman who was fleeing in the tuk tuk. Noticing the young man, the gunman stopped and said, “I could kill you, but I don’t know if you are Muslim or Christian, so run away.” As of this writing, there have been no arrests. Please pray for God’s peace and comfort for Adel and Ashraf’s wives and children as they grieve.
EGYPT: Violence Escalates During Holidays but the brothers had been helping stopped briefly at their car parts January 02, 2018 News Service 2000 Co-Worker & World another Christian shopkeeper re- store. A Muslim man drove up to the stock alcohol to hand out during the front on a three-wheeler (tuk tuk) Watch Monitor Violence escalated during the Christmas holidays in Egypt. The Mar Mina and Pope Kyrillos Church was attacked on December 29th. That same day, two Christian men were shot to death inside their appliance store. On January 19th, 2018, we heard from one of our co-workers that two brothers, Ashraf and Adel were gunned down on January 1st near their car parts store by a radical Muslim man. The motive is unclear,
New Year’s celebrations. Muslims are forbidden to drink alcohol, and liquor stores, most of which are run by nominal Christians, have come under attack in the past by Muslims who believe the stores should be banned. A radical Muslim last year slit the throat of a Christian in Alexandria who was selling alcohol. The attacker said he would kill all sellers of alcohol if he could. Brothers Adel and Ashraf had just departed from their church and
and opened fire shouting, “Christians and pagans!” Both brothers were killed. One young man who witnessed the killings, ran after the gunman who was fleeing in the tuk tuk. Noticing the young man, the gunman stopped and said, “I could kill you, but I don’t know if you are Muslim or Christian, so run away.” As of this writing, there have been no arrests. Please pray for God’s peace and comfort for Adel and Ashraf’s wives and children as they grieve.
