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Wael al-Saad Tawadros: Coptic monk hanged over bishop s murder in Egypt
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image captionBishop Epiphanius was found bludgeoned to death in July 2018 at Saint Macarius monastery
A Coptic Christian monk who was convicted over the 2018 killing of the head of an ancient Egyptian desert monastery has been hanged.
Bishop Epiphanius was found bludgeoned to death in July 2018 at Saint Macarius monastery in the Western Desert.
Another monk convicted for his role in the crime was sentenced to life in prison.
The case shocked Egypt s Coptic community, the largest Christian minority in the Middle East.
The monks, Wael al-Saad Tawadros and Remon Rasmi Mansour, were said to have killed the abbot of the monastery in the plains of Wadi al-Natrun, north-west of Cairo, because of unspecified differences .
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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.
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