CS Releases Bomb Threat at Coptic Church of Two Saints

Bomb Threat at Coptic Church of Two Saints

April 22, 2013

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While news of attacks on Egypt’s churches is becoming more and more frequent, one must also be aware that threats against Coptic churches that never materialize or are forestalled are perhaps even more frequent, even if they get significantly less media coverage. For example, according to Tahrir New, the Church of the Two Saints Maximos and Damamos, in the region of al-Asafira in eastern Alexandria, has been receiving threats from “unknown” people that it will be bombed.

The rest of the brief report focuses on how the region’s police have taken the necessary precautions to secure the church from any attack. While this is admirable, it is also a reminder of the increasingly precarious position Egypt’s Christian minority continues to find itself and its churches.

By Coptic Solidarity; original source Tahrir News