Slain Egyptian Boy Being Hailed as “Martyr of the Cross” | Women of Grace.
An Arabic teacher, Usama Mahmud Hasan, is said to have incited an attack by students on 17 year old Ayman Nabil Labib, who wore a cross, in addition to a traditional Coptic cross tattoo on his wrist, which he had refused to cover up.
After an attempt to flee the classroom, Labib was forced into a teachers room by two supervisors, and beaten to death behind a closed door by a dozen attackers.
The killing led to demonstrations by Coptic Christians in the streets of Mallawi. So far, two Muslim students have been detained, and the governor of Minya, El-Rouby has suspended the school’s headmaster and two supervisors.
