Coptic Christmas is Egypt under tight security # 06.01.2011 19 Uhr # Journal (englisch)
Michael BärJanuary 6, 2011
A major security operation is under way in Egypt as Coptic Christians prepare to celebrate Christmas Eve. Some 70 thousand police and soldiers are setting up cordons around churches after radical Islamic websites called for attacks on Copts. Sectarian tensions in Egypt have deepened as a result of the suicide bombing at a church in Alexandria over New Year. +++ SYN +++