His Eminence Bishop Makarios, Bishop of Minya and Abu Qorqas, headed on Saturday evening October 21, 2017, at St. George Church, the funeral service for the officer “Boutros Suleiman Masoud”, one of the martyrs of the Friday shootout at 135 km in Western Desert.
The Bishop of Minya condemned all the martyrs of the homeland, saying: “The Egyptian blood defending his homeland is all one, treachery bullets and terrorism did not distinguish between them” calling on God to protect Egypt.
The funeral was preceded by a solemn military funeral lead by Colonel Mohammed Salah Nagi, head of Abu Qorqas Center and City and deputy governor of Minya, Major General Essam al-Din al-Badawi, accompanied by Major General Magdi Amer Hashmdar, Minya chief of police.
It is noteworthy that the martyr is from Ezbat Yacoub Bibawi known as Ezbet “Altom” located west of the center of Abu Qorqas south of Minya, is his twenty.
The Interior Ministry announced in a statement that the shootout between the police forces and armed militants in Western Desert, resulted the killing of 16 policemen. the Police is is still combing the desert areas surrounding scene, in search of investigations deputy of October city .
