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Egypt jails 69 Islamists for torching church
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEgypt jailed 69 Islamists for life today for torching a church near Cairo in August 2013 during a crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, a judicial official says.
The church was set on fire and a police station was attacked when violence erupted in the town of Kerdasa on August 14 that year, after hundreds of Morsi supporters died in a crackdown on two protest camps in the capital the same day.
— AFP
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