Morsi denounces cathedral violence, orders probe

Dunya News

Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi says "I consider any attack on the cathedral as an attack on me.

 

CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt s Islamist President Mohamed Morsi condemned deadly clashes on Sunday at the Cairo headquarters of the Coptic Christian pope as "an attack against myself", ordering a quick probe into the violence, a statement said.

 

"I consider any attack on the cathedral an attack againt myself," he said in a statement published by the official MENA news agency. Morsi ordered "an immediate investigation" into the clashes after a funeral for Copts slain in sectarian violence.