Priest and monks killed

geomike

Did anyone hear about the killing of monks in the St. Macarius monestary in Egypt, and the butchering of a priest in front of his family in Assiut. I just don't know if these are true.

Pictavroc

I personally haven't heard about the monk who's killed, but the Monastary of Anba Bishoy was under attack by the army and a number of people (not monks) there got shot.
The slain of abouna Dawoud Botros is in fact true. He was not killed in front of his family but he was alone in his apartment.

More info/videos at christian-dogma.com

dmjr73

Security forces stormed the monastery; three monks were injured.

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Egyptian-security-forces-storm-the-Monastery-of-St-Macarius,-three-monks-badly-injured-19466.html


Fr. Daoud Boutros was murdered in his home.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jXAzMxl_dK9LlBzwV9E793Xpiotg?docId=6038465


Lord, have mercy.

geomike

Muslims are the cancer of the earth and we should pray that God will deal with those blinded and scared muslim extremist. I say scared because they can't defend their faith with words because it makes no sense and they know it, but they ignorantly force themselves to accept it and they go kill people because they can't defend the words said against them in a logical way so they must do the illogical in order to seem logical to themselves psychologically. May God have mercy on His people. God never leaves His people and He is always with us.

epchois_nai_nan

Unfortunately the army seems to have made another attack on a monastery in Wadi Natrun only yesterday - thankfully somebody recorded the whole thing:



Warning: there is a bit of blood (nothing too graphic), as two of the Copts gathered in the monastery were shot. They are OK apparently, but still in hospital.

Lord have mercy

mabsoota

may God have mercy on us all and comfort the grieving.
may we stay true to our Lord Jesus Christ who is worth dying for.

copticuser20

I don't get it. Why is the military randomly going to monasteries and attacking them??

epchois_nai_nan

From what I've read, the monks called the army during the revolution and asked for protection, because looters where coming and damaging the monastery (six monks were injured in these attacks) but the army told them to defend themselves until the crisis was over. So, they built a wall with a gate around the monastery, which is technically illegal to do for some reason - and so the army came back and demolished it.

Even though, apparently  the army has apologised for its actions in the above video - one of the generals is said to have visited the wounded in hospital and apologised for the actions of the 'rogue' officers who conducted the attack.

Here are some news articles on the incident:
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/copts-gather-tahrir-protest-purported-attack-monastery

http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2011/02/coptic_monks_in.html

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Military-uses-force-against-Egypt’s-Coptic-monasteries,-wounding-many-20869.html

Lord have mercy

copticuser20

[quote author=epchois_nai_nan link=topic=10817.msg131687#msg131687 date=1298778755]
From what I've read, the monks called the army during the revolution and asked for protection, because looters where coming and damaging the monastery (six monks were injured in these attacks) but the army told them to defend themselves until the crisis was over. So, they built a wall with a gate around the monastery, which is technically illegal to do for some reason - and so the army came back and demolished it.

Even though, apparently  the army has apologised for its actions in the above video - one of the generals is said to have visited the wounded in hospital and apologised for the actions of the 'rogue' officers who conducted the attack.

Here are some news articles on the incident:
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/copts-gather-tahrir-protest-purported-attack-monastery

http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2011/02/coptic_monks_in.html

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Military-uses-force-against-Egypt’s-Coptic-monasteries,-wounding-many-20869.html

Lord have mercy


but is this the case in all of the monastaries that were attacked? and why did they start shooting??