Coptic churches burned down in Egypt’s Minya province

2268748 08/21/2013 Inside a burned and destroyed Coptic Christian church in the Minya province. During August 14-17 unrest following dispersal of Muslim Brotherhood camps and ousted Islamist President Morsi supporters by the police and the military, 49 churches were destroyed or burned including 30 Orthodox Coptic churches, 14 Catholic churches and monasteries as well as 6 Protestant prayer houses. Andrey Stenin/RIA Novosti

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