A court in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria sentenced a man to death after he stabbed a Coptic liquor store owner to death.
During the court hearing, the defendant, Adel Aboul Nour Suleiman, admitted killing his Coptic “friend” outside his shop in January.
The killer had previously threatened his victim to stop selling alcohol or face possible death.
القبطي يمين مع أسرته
المتهم بذابح القبطي
The accident occurred after the defendant pulled out a knife he was hiding and stabbed his victim to death.
The defendant conceived that his act was based on a number of fatwas issued by extremist clerics, who order the killing of alcohol sellers.
The killer was bristle on his stance that the Coptic man deserved to be killed for selling alcohol.
He added that he is proud of committing such crime.
Also Read
-
Egyptian Coptic liquor store owner’s killer faces execution
An Egyptian Muslim man has been sentenced to death after confessing to the murder of a Coptic Christian liquor store owner in Alexandria last month Middle East -
Egyptian Christian man hosts Quran recital to celebrate sister's wedding
Imad Najib Hanna, an Egyptian Coptic Christian man held a Quran recital to celebrate his sister's wedding in Qena Variety -
Egypt’s Coptic Bishop Morcos: We need to build 4,000 churches in next 10 years
Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Bishop Morcos has told Al Arabiya’s Hasan Muawad that his congregation hopes to build 4,000 more churches in the ... Features -
Egyptian Coptic woman recounts horror of how ISIS killed her husband, son
Cairo – Nabila Fawzi Hanna is a 69-years-old Egyptian Christian who recently fled with her sisters and nephews from the northern Sinai town of ... Features
