Pope Tawadros II, said that the situation in St. Mark Cathedral has exceeded all red lines, especially with the negligence and failure of the police, which stained Egypt's reputation all over the world.

Khalid Talimh, political activist, accused President Mohamed Morsy of masterminding the attack on the Great Cathedral of St. Mark and inciting a sectarian strife in order to distract the Egyptians from their demands such as: social justice and taking revenge for the martyrs of the revolution.

Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the Constitution Party, said during “Saving Egypt” conference: “I'm sorry for the Copts of Egypt for what happened in Khosous and St. Mark Cathedral”.

Mariam Isaac Iskandar, 28, has disappeared in Mysterious circumstances, and joined dozens of Coptic minor girls as well as women who have disappeared since the beginning of the Egyptian revolution.

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Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, along with other bishops, will recieve public figures in the papal premises wishing to offer condolences for those killed in recent protests on Thursday, according to the Youth Bishopric's Facebook page.

Khosous district prosecutors in Qalyubiya Governorate received the initial forensic report on victims of bloody clashes that took place there Friday, which left a Muslim and four Copts dead, and seven others injured.

Mubarak-era Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq said he would return to Egypt within a few weeks, and is considering an alliance with the opposition coalition the National Salvation Front, as well as another bid for the presidency.

The Freedom and Justice Party denounced violence that took place in Khosous in Qalyubiya Governorate and outside the Coptic cathedral in Abbaseya, and reiterated its support for all national initiatives to bridge gaps and preserve the nation.

Egypt’s Copts do not accept any attempt to change the country’s “civil identity,” the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Tawadros II, said in comments made public on Monday.

Egypt's Shura Council (upper house of the parliament) members demanded on Monday sacking the interior minister, Mohamed Ibrahim, following clashes that erupted outside Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo.

Council of Egyptian Churches expressed deep sorrow for the bloody attacks against the Copts in Khosous that caused many deaths and injuries, as well as the bloody attack against the great Cathedral in Abbassya, which is an important Christian symbol in the Middle East and all over the world.

Middle East Christian Association has condemned the massacres against the Copts during the last three days by the fanatics who kill the Copts in collusion with the police and the government, causing the death of 6 and more than a hundred injuries.

European Union of Coptic Organizations for Human Rights (EUCOHR) has issued a statement to denounced the collusion between the Islamists and police forces to kill the Coptic Christians.

Abba Pachomius, Bishop of Behira and former acting Patriarch, said that the great Cathedral of St. Mark is attacked for the first time in history.

Said Fayez, human rights activist, has denounced holding a reconciliation customary meeting after 8 Christians were killed in Khosous.

Human rights activist Rami Kamel told Copts United that police forces have used cartridges and tear gas against the Coptic Christians who were attacked by the Salafis at the same time in front of St. George Church in Khosous.

Father Suriel Younan, priest of St. George Church in Khosous warned that things may get worse as the extremists have attacked the church for another time in the presence of security forces.

Martha Said, eyewitness in Khosous attack against the Coptic Christians, said that a Salafi has shot a number of Christians in front of the Church, however, police haven't arrested him.

Abba Rafael, General Secretary of the Holy Synod, said that the Coptic Church has lost 8 of its children in the bloody attacks against the Coptic Christians in Khosous.

Shots were heard outside Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo on Sunday as thousands mourned four men who were killed in Egypt's most recent sectarian violence.