Egyptians mourn 41 killed in Cairo Coptic church fire

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by Khaled DESOUKI Agence France-Presse CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — Funerals were held in two Cairo churches Sunday evening for 41 victims of a fire that ripped through a Coptic Christian church during mass, forcing worshippers to jump out of windows. The blaze, blamed on an electrical fault, hit the Abu Sifin church in densely populated Imbaba, a working class district west of the Nile River, part of Giza governorate in greater Cairo. Hundreds gathered to […]