Pope Shenouda III says Egypt should do more to protect its Coptic Christians Egypt has sentenced a man to death for killing six Coptic Christians and a Muslim policeman in January 2010.
Mohamed Ahmed Hussein was found guilty of shooting the group outside a midnight Mass for Coptic Christmas in Naga Hamady, southern Egypt.
The attack was thought to be revenge for the alleged rape of a 12-year-old Muslim girl by a Christian man.
The court ruling comes two weeks after a suicide bomber killed 23 people at a Coptic church in Alexandria.
Coptic Christians make up 10% of Egypt’s 80 million population.
They have often complained of harassment and discrimination, and argue that attacks on them go unpunished or result in light sentences.
The head of Egypt’s Coptic church, Pope Shenouda III, has urged the government to do more to address their concerns.
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