41 killed in fireplace at Cairo Coptic church: Officers | World News

A hearth that broke out Sunday in a Coptic Christian church in Egypt's capital Cairo killed 41 folks, church officers stated.

The blaze began for unknown causes on the Abu Sifine church within the capital's northwestern, working-class district of Imbaba, officers stated.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared on his Fb web page that "I've mobilised all state companies to make sure that all measures are taken".

Fireplace companies later stated the blaze had been introduced underneath management.

Copts are the biggest Christian group within the Center East, making up not less than 10 million of Egypt's 103 million folks.

The minority has suffered assaults and complained of discrimination within the majority Muslim north African nation, the Arab world's most populous.

Copts have suffered reprisals from Islamists, notably after Sisi overthrew former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013, with church buildings, faculties and houses burnt down.

Sisi, the primary Egyptian president to attend the Coptic Christmas mass yearly, lately appointed a Coptic choose to go the Constitutional Court docket for the primary time in historical past.

Egypt has suffered a number of lethal fires lately.

In March 2021, not less than 20 folks died in a blaze in a textile manufacturing unit within the jap suburbs of Cairo.

In 2020, two hospital fires claimed the lives of 14 Covid-19 sufferers.