Three Egyptian Coptic monks killed in South Africa monastery - BBC News

An Egyptian suspect has been arrested as police try to determine a motive for the stabbings.

7 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Coptic Orthodox Church/FacebookImage caption, All three monks were found with stab wounds, a police spokesperson saysBy Gloria AradiBBC NewsThree Egyptian Coptic monks have been "brutally killed" inside a monastery in South Africa, the Church has said.

Father Takla Moussa, Father Minah ava Marcus and Father Youstos ava Marcus were murdered early on Tuesday, the South African Archdiocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church said in a statement.

An Egyptian member of the Church has been arrested as a possible suspect.

The murder has sent shockwaves throughout the Coptic Orthodox community in South Africa and beyond.

"Our pain and sadness, no amount [of] words can express, but we know that they rejoice in paradise in the bosom of our Fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob," the Church statement said..

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