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A general view of the court where Saad and Rasmi Mansour were convicted of murdering Bishop Epiphanius, Damanhour, Egypt February 23, 2019. (Reuters) Cairo - Asharq Al-Awsat
Egyptian authorities executed on Sunday an Egyptian monk convicted of killing an abbot at the St. Macarius Monastery in 2018, in a case that shocked the Egyptian community.
The case refers to July 2018, when head of the Saint Macarius Monastery in Wadi El-Natroun, Bishop Epiphanius was found dead at one of the monastery’s corridors suffering from head injuries.
Following extended investigations, Wael Saad and Ramon Rasmi Mansour, known by their monastic names Isaiah al-Makari and Faltaous al-Makari, were convicted of the killing of Bishop Epiphanius, 64.
Middle EastEgypt executes monk for murder of bishop at monastery
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Authorities carried out the death penalty on an Egyptian monk who killed the abbot of his monastery in 2018, a lawyer and the monk s brother told Reuters on Sunday.
Wael Saad and Ramon Rasmi Mansour, known by their monastic names Isaiah al-Makari and Faltaous al-Makari, were convicted of the killing of Bishop Epiphanius, 64, the abbot of St Macarius Monastery, northwest of Cairo, in a case that sent shockwaves through Egypt s Coptic Christian community.
Saad s family was notified to receive his body from a morgue in the Nile Delta town of Damanhour on Sunday, his brother, who is also a monk, said.