March 13, 2024 / 02:36 PM
The Coptic Orthodox Church reported that three monks were attacked and killed on Tuesday at the monastery of St. Mark and St. Bishop Samuel the Confessor in Cullinan, South Africa, about 29 kilometers east of the country’s capital, Pretoria.
In a official announcement, the Coptic Orthodox Church said the attack resulted in the martyrdom of Fr. Takla El-Samouili, diocesan vicar; Fr. Youstos Ava-Markos; and Fr. Mina Ava-Markosthree.
According to the agency Reutersthe three victims were found with stab wounds, while a fourth person who survived said he was hit by an iron bar before fleeing and hiding, said South African police spokesman Col. Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi.