What the records say
- When
- 31 Dec 1999 – 2 Jan 2000
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 26.23° N, 32.09° E
- Description
- massacre of Coptic Christians in Egypt
Kosheh massacres
2000 massacre of Coptic Christians in Egypt
Twenty-one Coptic Christians were the victims of a massacre in Kosheh, Upper Egypt, located 450 kilometres south of Cairo, on Sunday, 2 January 2000. The Coptic Christians killed in this incident were considered martyrs of the Coptic Orthodox Church by Pope Shenouda III.
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “کشتارهای کوشه”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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