Unsolved case · 2011
Also known as Wael Mikhael incident · Maspero events of 9 October 2011
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On 9 October 2011, journalist Wael Mikhael and activist blogger Mina Daniel were killed while covering a Coptic Christian demonstration in Cairo that turned violent when military forces and other attackers clashed with protesters near the Maspero state TV building.
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Suggest coverage for Killing of Wael Mikhael and Mina DanielOn 9 October 2011, thousands of mainly Coptic Christian demonstrators marched from the Shubra district of northern Cairo to Maspero Square, outside the state television building, intending to hold a peaceful sit-in in protest at state media's role in stoking anti-Christian sentiment. According to the source account, demonstrators were first attacked by assailants in plain clothes, after which military armored vehicles drove into the crowd and live ammunition was fired.
Wael Mikhael, a cameraman for a Coptic Orthodox television station, was killed while filming the demonstration; Mina Daniel, a political activist and blogger, was also killed. The confrontation lasted about four hours and left 25 people dead — 21 of them Coptic Christians — and more than 300 wounded, according to Egypt's Health Ministry as cited in the source. Witnesses and doctors reported that most of the dead had been shot, and that some had been struck by armored vehicles driven by soldiers deployed to police the demonstration.
The killings drew attention to the army's apparent role in the violence and to long-standing grievances of Egypt's Coptic Christian community over discrimination. Two media-rights organizations called on Egyptian authorities to investigate the deaths of the journalists. Mina Daniel's sister described him as "a very kind, righteous person" who "dreamed of Egypt becoming like Europe, where the young people don't have to travel abroad to live their dreams."
Demonstrators march from Shubra to Maspero Square in Cairo for a planned peaceful sit-in against state TV's anti-Christian coverage; the protest turns violent.
Wael Mikhael is shot in the head while filming the demonstration as a cameraman; Mina Daniel is shot in the shoulder and leg. Both die. In total 25 people are killed and more than 300 wounded.
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