The displacement of christians from El Arish (Sinai)

120 displaced christian families from El Arish and Astohar security neighborhoods sinai

Name: Nouran Mohamed Ahmed

ID : 62150

A state of panic areas inhabited by Christian in El-Arish, especially in Alsamaran neighborhood and Mesaieed peace and subrub of El-Arish, after the death of the seventh of the christian citizen and burn his home by gunmen, during the days Almadh town of El-Arish.

And continued over on Friday and Saturday, convoys of Christian families who were displaced from the town of El-Arish towords the Evangelical church in Ismailia and a number of governorates, fearing of their lives and their families after they received directly threatening messages via their mobile phones warning them to stay in the city and asking them to leave the northern Sinai.

The number of Christians dead who have been targeted by insurgents in Al-Arish in the past days to 7 people, after gunmen stormed, yesterday evening, the entire Rauf house, 50 years old, works plumber, and shot him and set fire to the house, on Thursday night, and fled.

The security source confirmed the Directorate of North Sinai security, declined to be named, said about 70 christian families left Arish yesterday and today on the three batches, so left 50 families on Friday and 9 families on Saturday morning and Sunday evening left 11 other families to the headquarters of the Evangelical church in Ismailia, a total of 70 families to Ismailia

The source pointed to the departure of about 50 other families to several provinces including Cairo and Alexandria and level, and leave about one thousand citizens of the city of El-Arish, individually to other provinces.

Security forces security cordons around the areas in which you reside Christian families neighborhoods "and Mesaieed Alsamaran suburb and peace, flowers and transit," and made instructions to members of the Christian families not to go out of the house on a temporary basis in order for their lives and imposed.

Published North Sinai Security Directorate of dozens of combat formations surroundings churches revive Mesaieed and the center of the city of El-Arish inspired suburb of peace, and closed all of its streets leading to it, and changed cars to other streets paths.

The security source confirmed that he was moved nearly 100 families to "Bishopric" neighborhood, peace, who expressed their desire to leave the Sinai to Ismailia and other provinces in preparation to secure their exit from the town of El Arish, all the way to the outskirts of Bir al-Abed west of the Sinai toward the Suez Canal.

The church source, who requested anonymity, that the churches Bishopric North Sinai, was forced to change the prayers dates in the days of Lent, and chose timings suitable security, calling for a security presence and greater patrol cop is fixed central residential areas, home to the Christians to secure their homes and their lives.

He said the Christian citizen Mina Nassif, he made a decision not to leave Arish and stay with his family out, despite the great fear that prevails Christians as a result of being targeted by insurgents, he said, adding: "We lived in El Arish our longevity does not do harm to one, and we fear what happened, but we will leave it to leave it to the terrorists ".

The organization "Daesh" terrorist, has broadcast video footage, last Sunday evening, display a message for those named as "Abu Abdullah al-Masri," in charge of the implementation of the bombing of the Petrine ministry of the Church in Egypt 11 December last year, the timing of the first day of Lent, or what is known as "The Holy fast."

The church official Bmtranih North Sinai, the killing of Christians in al-Arish, an attempt to disrupt national unity, pointing out that there threatening letters arrived Christians Arish on their mobile phones, forcing dozens of families to leave their homes in El-Arish to escape to other provinces.

And announced the North Sinai Security Directorate, for the start of implementation of urgent security plan to stop the series of targeting Copts in al-Arish, and depends on the redeployment of troops in the streets and squares of El Arish, and dissemination of ambushes near the churches and places of Coptic communities, with a warning of the presence in the streets individually so as not being armed target .

And formed the North Sinai Governorate operations room to monitor the position of Christians, following the recent circumstances, the Court based in the province, headed by Major General Mohammed El-Arish Saadani assistant secretary-general of the province.

This comes in the context of what you are doing several families of Copts living in the North Sinai Governorate of Ismailia to move to other provinces because they were targeted by terrorist elements, and recently suffered a number of whom were killed by terrorist elements.