A Coptic monk was executed this Sunday for the murder in 2018 of Bishop Epiphanius, 68, who ran the monastery of Saint Macarius in Scete 80 kilometers northwest of Cairo, we learned from the family of the condemned.
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We were warned at 08:00 (06:00 GMT) this morning that the execution had taken place at Damanhour prison and I am on my way to recover the body,
" Hany Saad Tawadrous, brother of the monk Isaiah, told AFP. al-Makari who was sentenced in 2020.
