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Watu 41 wanadaiwa kuuawa na wengine 55 kujeruhiwa baada ya moto uliosababishwa na hitilafu ya umeme kuzuka katika kanisa la Abu Sifin Coptic katika mji wa Giza, Cairo
Mamlaka zimesema kuwa moto ulizuka wakati waumini 5,000 wakiwa wamekusanyika kwa ajili ya ibada ya Jumapili , na kusababisha mkanyagano
Aidha, Vyombo vya kuzima moto 15 vilitumwa kwenye eneo la tukio kuzima moto huku majeruhi wakikimbizwa katika hospitali za karibu
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Egypt’s Coptic Church, citing the health ministry, has said 41 people were killed and 55 others injured in a fire at a church in the city of Giza, near Cairo.
Egypt’s health ministry earlier said “several” people were killed in the fire at the Abu Sifin Coptic church in the Imbaba neighbourhood on Sunday.
Two security sources told Reuters news agency an electrical fire broke out as 5,000 worshippers gathered for mass, causing a stampede.
Fifteen fire engines were dispatched to the scene to put out the flames while ambulances ferried the casualties to nearby hospitals.
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi spoke by phone with the Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II to offer his condolences, the president’s office said.
“I have mobilised all state services to ensure that all measures are taken,” he said on his Facebook page.
Fire services later said the blaze had been brought under control
Source: Al Jazeera
Mamlaka zimesema kuwa moto ulizuka wakati waumini 5,000 wakiwa wamekusanyika kwa ajili ya ibada ya Jumapili , na kusababisha mkanyagano
Aidha, Vyombo vya kuzima moto 15 vilitumwa kwenye eneo la tukio kuzima moto huku majeruhi wakikimbizwa katika hospitali za karibu
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Egypt’s Coptic Church, citing the health ministry, has said 41 people were killed and 55 others injured in a fire at a church in the city of Giza, near Cairo.
Egypt’s health ministry earlier said “several” people were killed in the fire at the Abu Sifin Coptic church in the Imbaba neighbourhood on Sunday.
Two security sources told Reuters news agency an electrical fire broke out as 5,000 worshippers gathered for mass, causing a stampede.
Fifteen fire engines were dispatched to the scene to put out the flames while ambulances ferried the casualties to nearby hospitals.
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi spoke by phone with the Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II to offer his condolences, the president’s office said.
“I have mobilised all state services to ensure that all measures are taken,” he said on his Facebook page.
Fire services later said the blaze had been brought under control
Source: Al Jazeera