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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(22 Jun 1988) QUOTE REF EGYPT: A'math of a fire started by sparks from a generator
GS27068808 powering a food stall which swept through a tent village
27.6.88 housing thousands of Coptic Christians attending a religious
festival at the foot of the al-Muharraq monastery in
al-Qusiyyah. 47 people were killed, most of the children,
some by the fire and some trampled in the panic that ensued.
Date Shot: 22.6.88
Engl com WTN 0.45min
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EGYPT vs burned ground outside monastery wall. vs Egyptian fire
nr Asyut investigators examine generator. vs burned trees. vs church
al-Qusiyyah officials walking near fire site. vs blackened walls
surrounding monastery, burned prayer cards on ground. vs
burned camp site.
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