Nagaa Hammadi case adjourned to Oct. 17The repeated delays are not encouraging Coptic Christians to believe that justice will be done.
By Safaa Abdoun/Daily News Egypt September 19, 2010, 4:05 pm
CAIRO: The Emergency State Security Criminal Court in Qena adjourned on Saturday the trial of the Nagaa Hammadi drive-by shooting suspects to October 17.
The trial was postponed so that Bishop Kirollos, who heads the church in the area, and Colonel Abdel Hameed Al-Alaki, chief of Nagaa Hammadi police station, can give their testimonies, reported Al-Masry Al-Youm.
The shooting, which took place after Christmas midnight mass on Jan. 7, left six Copts and a Muslim guard dead.
[...]
Background here.
