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Wael Mikhael incident

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ran over people. Thousands joined in the street violence, hurling stones and firing live ammunition into the crowd. What started as a peaceful protest march ended up with 25 dead, 21 of them Coptic Christians, some run over by armored vehicles driven by soldiers supposedly policing the event, others
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Daniel's sister said, "Mina was a very kind, righteous person, and he dreamed of Egypt becoming like Europe, where the young people don't have to travel abroad to live their dreams,". Doctors and Interior Ministry officials said
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TV station in Cairo and was shot in the head while filming what was supposed to be a peaceful demonstration. Daniel was reporting as a political activist blogger and was shot in the shoulder and leg.
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accounted for most of the deaths, including that of Mina Daniel, who was shot in the shoulder and leg. More than 300 others were wounded in four hours of street fighting, the Health Ministry said.
126:. The sit-in was organized to protest the state's TV position of fanning the flames of anti-Christian agitation. The demonstrators were first assaulted by attackers in plain clothes then military 75:
occurred on 9 October 2011 when two Egyptian journalists, Wael Mikhael and Mina Daniel, were killed while covering a demonstration that turned into a violent clash between the
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was deposed in 2011. Of far more concern, however, was the sense that the army was involved in the bloodshed.
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Two media rights groups called on Egyptian authorities to investigate the deaths. The
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and Coptic protesters. Mikhael was reporting as a cameraman for the Coptic
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Journalists killed while covering the Egyptian revolution of 2011
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also known as Wael Yunna and Mikhael; also spelled Mikhail
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Attacks on religious buildings and structures in Africa
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Carlos Latuff
Egyptian military
Orthodox Christian
Egypt's Coptic Christians
Hosni Mubarak
Coptic Christians
Shubra
Cairo
state TV building in Maspero Square
sit-in
armored cars
bullet wounds
International Press Institute
"Coptic Christians prepare to elect pope in Egypt"


"Our brother died for a better Egypt': Coptic Christian sisters make grief-stricken plea for their country"
the original
"Coptic Pope Dies in Egypt Amid Church's Struggles"
The New York Times
"Our brother died for a better Egypt': Coptic Christian sisters make grief-stricken plea for their country"
the original
"Cairo clashes leave 24 dead after Coptic church protest"
"Copts Denounce Egyptian Government Over Killings"
"Attacks on press swell in Egypt; journalist dead – Committee to Protect Journalists"
"Journalist, activist killed in clashes, private television stations raided – IFEX"
"IPI: Journalist Killed in Egypt Clashes - TrustMedia"
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