Egyptian police gather outside the Abu Sifin church located in the densely populated Imbaba neighborhood west of the Nile river, part of Giza governorate, on August 14, 2022, after more than 40 people were killed when a fire ripped through a Coptic Christian church during Sunday mass. (Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images)

At Least 41 Killed in Church Fire in Egypt

The Media Line Staff

08/14/2022

At least 41 people were killed and 45 injured in a fire inside a church in the Egyptian city of Giza on Sunday. Some 5,000 people were attending mass on Sunday morning when the electrical fire broke out, Reuters attended.

The fire, which has been blamed on an electrical short circuit, blocked an entrance to the Coptic Abu Sifin church, which caused a stampede. Most of those killed due to the fire were children, Reuters reported citing unnamed security sources.

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