A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt’s capital, killing 41 worshippers, including at least 15 children, and injuring 16 others. The church quickly
A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt s capital on Sunday, quickly filling it with thick black smoke and killing 41 worshippers, including at least 15 children.
CAIRO, Aug 14: A fire ripped through a church in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Sunday sending huge amounts of thick black smoke into the air as congregants worshipped, killing at least 41 and injuring 14, the Coptic Church said. The cause of the blaze in the Abu Sefein church in the working-class neighbourhood of Imbaba was not immediately known. An initial investigation pointed to an electrical short-circuit, according to a police statement. The country’s health minister blamed the […]