Father Rafik Gresh, spokesperson of the Catholic Church in Egypt, said that supporters of former president Mohamed Morsy have attacked 22 Churches all over Egypt.

Dozens of supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi stormed the Virgin Mary Monastery located in a southern village in Upper Egypt’s Minya and broke its main gate on Wednesday, protesting against the security forces’ crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood’s protest camps in Cairo that began earlier today.

CAIRO - Supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi torched three churches in central Egypt on Wednesday in reprisal attacks as police dispersed demonstrations in Cairo, reports said.

Cairo (CNN) -- Egyptian security forces stormed two massive makeshift camps filled with ousted President Mohamed Morsy's supporters, bulldozing tents and escorting away hundreds of protesters.

Following the Egyptian police's attack on sit-ins in support of deposed president Mohamed Morsi early on Wednesday morning, protests have erupted in several Egyptian governorates.

11:55 Senior health ministry official Mohamed Sultan said in a statement to state news agency MENA that the death toll from the sit-in dispersals had reached 13, five of which were security forces – two officers and three conscripts.

HG Abba Macarius, Bishop of Minya, said that the customary reconciliation meeting of Beni Ahmed village, Minya, was not attended and it's decisions were not signed by affected Christians in the village whose properties and Church were burnt.

Copts of Dibia village in Beni Suef are not able to go out for work or even for shopping as many of their Muslim neighbors are willing to pick a quarrel with them, and parts of the lands and cattle barns of the Christians were burned.

Essam el-Erian, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, denounced military operations of the Egyptian Army against the terrorists in Sinai.

Prosecution of Wasti has decided to detain 13 defendants, including 6 Christians, for 15 days pending an investigation concerning the attacks of Debia village, in which a church and a number of properties belong to Copts were burned.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, called to save Egyptian souls.

Youth of Maspero Union issued a statement today to denounce the shameful decisions of Beni Ahmed's customary reconciliation meeting, in which the Church was obliged to compensate the Copts, and all Christians were obliged to wavier their rights before police, or else they have to pay 2 million EGP for the Muslims.

Attorney General of Beni Suef has ordered the arrest of 6 Coptic Christians for being involved in the attacks of Dibia village, Beni Suef.

Father "Francis Farid", deputy of "Beni Suef" diocese said that many Muslims came from outside Dibia village in order to attack the Copts and burn the Church.

Unknown armed men have kidnapped a Coptic man called Mamdouh M. Naguib in Luxor. He was kidnapped while driving home for ransom.

In a customary reconciliation session, the Islamic group in Minya forced the Copts of Beni Ahmed village to wavier their rights in order to be allowed to live in peace in the village.

Sources in the Egyptian Ministry of Supply said investigation showed that the former Minister of Supply, Bassem Auda, who belong to the Muslim Brotherhood, was involved in smuggling Egyptian subsidized foodstuffs to Palestine instead of giving them to the poor Egyptians.

Islamic groups in Kodia al-Nasara village, Dirout, have sent their supporters to provoke the Copts of the village and pick a quarrel with them in order to have a chance to attack the Copts and their properties as well.

St. Antony Church in Dibia village, Beni Suef, was burnt as well as many houses of the Copts by fanatics. The attack came after an argument over road repairing, which caused many injuries among the Copts.

ASSIUT, Egypt — It was nighttime and 10,000 Islamists were marching down the most heavily Christian street in this ancient Egyptian city, chanting "Islamic, Islamic, despite the Christians." A half-dozen kids were spray-painting "Boycott the Christians" on walls, supervised by an adult.

A loud explosion coming from the area of Ajraa in Egypt's North Sinai was heard at 4.15pm by residents of south Rafah, Egypt's military spokesperson Ahmed Ali confirmed Friday.