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.
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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.
Coptic Christians make up about 10% of Egypt’s primarily Muslim population.