Prosecutors in Egypt Charges Defrocked Monk for Killing Bishop with an Iron Pole

Prosecutors in Egypt Charges Defrocked Monk for Killing Bishop with an Iron Pole

Prosecutors in Egypt have charged a defrocked monk with the murder of a Coptic Christian Bishop at a desert monastery, the media reported. Bishop Epiphanius, 64, was found dead at Saint Macarius Monastery in Wadi Natroun, north-west of Cairo, on July 29, reports the BBC.

Wael Saad, who had been a monk at the monastery, told prosecutors on Saturday he used an iron pole to bludgeon the bishop to death. The murder of Bishop Epiphanius shocked the Coptic Church, whose adherents make up about 10 percent of Egypt’s population. (IANS)

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