Virgin Mary Church, Imbaba on May 7, 2011

Virgin Mary Church was set ablaze on May 7 by a radical mob. At least 12 people were killed and more than 200 were wounded in attacks that day that targeted two churches and a number of Coptic owned apartments.

"We don't talk -- the church screams for itself," Rev. Mittias Ilias, head priest of the Virgin Mary Church in Imbaba, told Compass Direct News. "The church has five floors, and there is no space where the fire didn't reach. The floors, the ceiling, the pillars, the church box, the chairs, the icons, all of it -- everything was burned. Just give me one reason for all that. There is no reason for all that, nothing."

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