(ANSAmed) - ROME, MARCH 9 - The Coptic Catholic Church of
Kafr El-Dawar, officiated by Franciscan monks, was attacked on
Monday by armed men who used an explosive device against it and
wounded two police guards.
Bishop Adel Zaki OFM, Apostolic Vicar of Alexandria for the
Catholics of the Latin rite, reported the news to Vatican news
agency FIDES.
''According to preliminary reports,'' Zaki said, ''the
armed assault was carried out at three in the morning. The
injured policemen were taken to the city hospital. The episode
is to be linked to other attacks carried out against different
objectives, which in my opinion are designed to give the
impression that Egypt is an insecure and destabilized country.
Maybe one wants to send signals of this type in view of the International Conference of aid to Egypt, to be held in Sharm El-Sheikh next March 13.'' The city Kafr El-Dawar is in the Nile Delta region, Lower Egypt, about 20 kilometers from Alexandria. (ANSAmed).
Maybe one wants to send signals of this type in view of the International Conference of aid to Egypt, to be held in Sharm El-Sheikh next March 13.'' The city Kafr El-Dawar is in the Nile Delta region, Lower Egypt, about 20 kilometers from Alexandria. (ANSAmed).
