Court confirms death sentence for two monks who killed bishop

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An Egyptian court on Wednesday confirmed death sentences for two monks for killing the head of a monastery in the country’s Western Desert.

The verdict was delivered by the Damanhour Criminal Court against Wael Saad, a monk known by his monastic name Isaiah al-Makary, and another monk identified as Faltaous al-Makary.

The murder shocked the church in Egypt where Christians make up an estimated 10 per cent of the population.

 

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