41 dead in Egyptian church fire

 

A fire that broke out Sunday in a Coptic Christian church in Egypt’s capital Cairo killed 41 people and injured 14 others, church officials said. 

Copts have suffered reprisals from Islamists, particularly after Sisi overthrew former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013, with churches, schools and homes burnt down. 

Sisi, the first Egyptian president to attend the Coptic Christmas mass every year, recently appointed a Coptic judge to head the Constitutional Court for the first time in history. 

Egypt has suffered several deadly fires in recent years.