One killed, 5 wounded in Egypt church stabbings

Kheiry Hussein
Reuters South Africa
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Cairo (Egypt):
A mentally ill Egyptian man killed a worshipper and wounded five others on Friday in knife attacks at two Coptic Christian churches in the coastal city of Alexandria, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Security and police officials said earlier three Egyptians working together had killed one person and wounded three others in separate attacks on three churches and another man had been apprehended before attacking worshippers in a fourth church.
"(He) was apprehended as he tried to enter (a third church)," the ministry said in the statement. "The aforementioned is called Mahmoud Abdul Razik Salah Eddin Hussein," it added. The ministry said Hussein had wounded three people in St. George's Church and then wounded three others in Saints Church before being stopped trying to enter another church named after St. George.
"The attacks ... led to six being wounded, one of whom died from his wounds," the ministry said, adding that Hussein suffered from mental illness and the prosecutor was investigating the incident.
Apr 14, 2006