Priest dies from stabbing on seaside promenade in Egypt
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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s interior ministry says a knife-wielding man has mortally wounded a Coptic priest in an attack at the popular seaside promenade in the northern coastal city of Alexandria.
The ministry says the priest died on Thursday night while being treated for his wounds, it says the suspected attacker has been arrested.
The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria says Arsanious Wadid had served at a local parish.
Sectarian violence is not uncommon in Egypt.
Christians make up more than 10% of Egypt’s mostly Muslim population.
Violence between communities occasionally erupts, mainly in rural communities in the south.
Islamic extremists have also targeted Christians in the past.
