Kosheh massacres

1999 CE.

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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. A book entitled Massacre at the Millennium was published in 2001 by Freedom House documenting the events.

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