Churches burned in Egypt as death toll now 638: Morsi supporters defy warnings
Churches burned in Egypt as death toll now 638: Morsi supporters defy warnings, Churches are burned in Egypt and the death toll from the violence has surpassed 600 on Thursday, Aug. 15. There's no sign of the chaos in that country subsiding any time soon. Crowds are taking part of the churches that were burned in Egypt and at last count 52 churches have been attacked after the forceful removal of demonstrators, who are not sitting by unheard after the ousting of former President Mohammad Morsi.
Morsi's supporters have taken to violence, which continues to mar the country, according to the Christian Post today. It was Bishop Angaelos, the Cairo-born head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom who reported that the count on churches being attacked is now at 52, but unconfirmed reports put the number in the hundreds of Copts being attacked.
The churches are not the only structures to see this destruction that spreads through the streets, as schools, state buildings and cultural centers are also under attack, according to Ishak Ibrahim, a researcher with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights. The Upper Egyptian governorates like Minya, are seeing the most destruction today, reports Ibrahim.
The New York Times reports that Egypt’s Interior Ministry warned the demonstrators that law enforcement is authorized to use lethal force to protect themselves. He also promised that any “terrorist actions and sabotage” will face punishment after the buildings were burned on Thursday.
As the number of dead rises, Muslim Brotherhood supporters of Mr. Morsi strongly encourage followers to take to the streets on Thursday, apparently without concern for more casualties. As of Thursday afternoon the CBC News reports the death toll at 638.
Urging the supporters to partake in more of this violence is in defiance of the newly imposed state of emergency. On Fox News live Thursday, concerns that President Obama does not have the experience needed to deal with this situation were debated. The president took to the airways to announce that the military exercise that was scheduled next month with Egypt has been canceled.
Morsi's supporters have taken to violence, which continues to mar the country, according to the Christian Post today. It was Bishop Angaelos, the Cairo-born head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom who reported that the count on churches being attacked is now at 52, but unconfirmed reports put the number in the hundreds of Copts being attacked.
The churches are not the only structures to see this destruction that spreads through the streets, as schools, state buildings and cultural centers are also under attack, according to Ishak Ibrahim, a researcher with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights. The Upper Egyptian governorates like Minya, are seeing the most destruction today, reports Ibrahim.
The New York Times reports that Egypt’s Interior Ministry warned the demonstrators that law enforcement is authorized to use lethal force to protect themselves. He also promised that any “terrorist actions and sabotage” will face punishment after the buildings were burned on Thursday.
As the number of dead rises, Muslim Brotherhood supporters of Mr. Morsi strongly encourage followers to take to the streets on Thursday, apparently without concern for more casualties. As of Thursday afternoon the CBC News reports the death toll at 638.
Urging the supporters to partake in more of this violence is in defiance of the newly imposed state of emergency. On Fox News live Thursday, concerns that President Obama does not have the experience needed to deal with this situation were debated. The president took to the airways to announce that the military exercise that was scheduled next month with Egypt has been canceled.
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