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President Abdel Fattah al Sisi says he is closely following developments after the 'tragic accident' amid fears that many of the dead are children. News reporter @MikeRDrummond Sunday 14 August 2022 21:45, UKPlease use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player At least 41 people have been killed in a fire at a church
An electrical fire swept through an Egyptian Coptic Christian church during Mass on Sunday, causing a stampede and killing at least 41 people, most of them children.
At least 41 people, most of them children die in a fire that broke out in an Egyptian Coptic Christian church during Mass
At least 41 people, 15 children among them, were killed Sunday at the Martyr Abu Sefein Coptic Orthodox church in Cairo's working-class neighborhood of Imbaba in the Giza area. There were also reports of some 55 other people injured.
CAIRO - At least 41 people were killed and 45 injured in a fire at a church in the Egyptian city of Giza on Sunday (Aug 14), two security sources told Reuters. An electrical fire broke out just before 9am (3pm Singapore time) during Mass as 5,000 people gathered at the Coptic Abu Sifin church in the Imbaba neighbourhood, the...