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Nine people are killed at a Coptic Christian church in Cairo before police shoot dead gunman...
DAILY MAIL UK ^ | Dec. 29, 2017 | Julian Robinson for MailOnline and Afp

Posted on 12/29/2017 6:14:38 AM PST by Morgana

FULL TITLE: Nine people are killed at a Coptic Christian church in Cairo before police shoot dead gunman and capture a second attacker

Gunmen have killed at least nine people after opening fire at the entrance of a Coptic Christian church in Egypt this morning.

Two attackers went on the rampage outside Mar Mina church south of the capital Cairo before one of them was shot dead as he tried to storm the building.

The church was being guarded by police in the run-up to Orthodox Christmas celebrations next week.

A picture of the gunman's corpse showed a bearded man sprawled on a street. Local media said he had been wearing an explosive belt, and that two other bombs had been defused nearby.

The attack took place in the Helwan district on the capital's southern outskirts and officials say they have caught a second assailant who went on the run.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Current Events; Orthodox Christian; Prayer
KEYWORDS: christian; church; coptic; egypt; helwan; islam; terrorist
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Pray for the Coptic Christians in Egypt.
1 posted on 12/29/2017 6:14:39 AM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

You always know it’s a Daily Mail article because they shoot dead people.


2 posted on 12/29/2017 6:16:16 AM PST by Tax-chick ("It is better to have a home full of misbehaving children than a silent house."~Kevin Williamson)
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To: Morgana

You always know it’s a Daily Mail article because they shoot dead people.


3 posted on 12/29/2017 6:16:16 AM PST by Tax-chick ("It is better to have a home full of misbehaving children than a silent house."~Kevin Williamson)
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To: Morgana

Mohammedans doing what they do best—murder and violence.


4 posted on 12/29/2017 6:16:22 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: Tax-chick

True that but at least the DM tells it. Our papers? EH..

DM even said it was Muslims.


5 posted on 12/29/2017 6:18:08 AM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Yes, that’s true.


6 posted on 12/29/2017 6:20:36 AM PST by Tax-chick ("It is better to have a home full of misbehaving children than a silent house."~Kevin Williamson)
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To: Tax-chick

Apparently there is a zombie problem in the UK. :)


7 posted on 12/29/2017 6:23:53 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: Tax-chick
I was wondering why they would shoot someone who is already dead. It seems like a waste of ammunition to me.
8 posted on 12/29/2017 6:26:47 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: WayneS; Harmless Teddy Bear; Tax-chick; Chode

Don’t ever eat while reading Free Republic.

With that said..this is the Religion of Peace...they may be zombies.


9 posted on 12/29/2017 6:31:42 AM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Ad Orientam; antonius; aposiopetic; arielguard; bad company; blinachka; bob808; Brad's Gramma; ...
On the Feast of the Martyrs of Nicomedia or The Holy Innocents.

Orthodox Ping!

Save Thy people, O Lord,
and bless Thine inheritance.
Grant victory to Thy Church over her enemies,
and protect Thy people by Thy Holy Cross!

Leeyakun thikruhu muabadan!

(Memory Eternal!)

10 posted on 12/29/2017 6:33:11 AM PST by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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To: WayneS; Harmless Teddy Bear; Morgana

The DM is probably doing it on purpose to generate clicks.


11 posted on 12/29/2017 6:40:09 AM PST by Tax-chick ("It is better to have a home full of misbehaving children than a silent house."~Kevin Williamson)
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To: Morgana

So Sad. But in the Western world, this would only be news if a Christian group killed nine Muslims, and in the US, the press would be calling for the pope to resign. But in Islam, the religion is a democracy, or mob rule, mobs of people driven to madness by the local teachers called Mullahs, who are more like local politicians, not spiritual leaders.


12 posted on 12/29/2017 6:44:23 AM PST by realcleanguy
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To: Tax-chick

Probably but what they don’t realize is this shows the world what islam really is. We know the truth. A muzzie is dead with no virgins and islam has another black eye.


13 posted on 12/29/2017 6:47:02 AM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Tax-chick

Long suspected that the UK Daily Mail has copy writer centre in Pakistan with writers being paid to fill a fixed web page size.

That would explain the vast number of articles with repeated paragraphs.

Also suspect there are cash incentives to write the longest headline containing click bait words.

Obviously 8t pays the bills and then some.


14 posted on 12/29/2017 6:47:48 AM PST by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Morgana

Ironic timing:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3617568/posts


15 posted on 12/29/2017 6:53:24 AM PST by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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To: Covenantor

Love to read the comment section on that site and people there have complained of repeated paragraphs. Have seen sentences repeated but not whole paragraphs. Often wondered what caused this.


16 posted on 12/29/2017 6:54:48 AM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: lightman

Did these muzzies kill these Coptic Christians on a feast day of these people?


17 posted on 12/29/2017 6:55:55 AM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

“........ before police shoot dead gunman”......

Why would the cops have to shoot an already “dead gunman”? Typical media writing.


18 posted on 12/29/2017 7:03:41 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: Morgana

The Coptic Church follows the Julian (”Old”) Calendar which is 13 days behind the Gregorian (”New”) Calendar.

Therefore today is December 16, if the attacks occurred Thursday that would have been December 15. December 15 is the feast of the Hieromartyr Elelfterios.

On the new calendar December 28 was the Feast of the 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia and today, December 29, is the Feast of the Holy Innocents (the children of Bethlehem slaughtered by the order of Herod).


19 posted on 12/29/2017 8:44:51 AM PST by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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To: Morgana

Memory eternal!


20 posted on 12/29/2017 9:00:42 AM PST by NRx (A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
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