Egyptian Copts angry at authorities’ broken promises after pilgrims massacred
Copts, who make up about 10 percent of Egypt’s population, have seen increasing violence against them since 2013.
Makarios, the Coptic bishop of Minya, Egypt, spent a weekend among mourners after two buses carrying Coptic Christians were ambushed as they left a monastery, killing seven of the pilgrims and wounding 19.
At Prince Tadros Church, when the bishop thanked provincial officials for issuing the necessary permits to conduct public funerals, the congregation erupted in anger.
“Don’t thank them,” the mourners shouted, as elderly women leaned in grief over the coffins of the victims.
