Report on Suez “churches and schools” most affected by the violence of Musluim Brotherhood after Rabaa break up

Once rolled the news about the break up of Rabaa and Nahdaa sit-ins on August 14, 2013, thousands of protesters gathered at the gates of Hamza mosque in Suez, selected targets to take revenge for the victims, and they chose Copts in Suez.

Preacher of Hamza mosque began setting Copts facilities targets before moving the marches of Muslim Brotherhood, as well as targeting some political persons.

The first victims of the violent protests in Suez were “Pavle” Children clothes shops, owned by one the Christians persons in the Suez, demonstrators pelted the latest branches in El-Teraa area with stones, and they completely destroyed the shopwindow , without stealing or burning the products.

The demonstrators then destroyed 20 cars owned by Copts on their way to Faisal neighborhood and Cabinet of Suez.

The demonstrators in Suez destroyed Franciscan school in Arbain area, they destroyed the gates and threw Molotov cocktails inside the school until it was destroyed, the  school was closed til the completion of the full renovation in February, at the beginning of the second semester of the year 2013 – 2014, until, The work and maintenance was accomplished by the third field army,  the Directorate of Education and the owners of the private school.

And chaos continued in the streets of Suez, where demonstrators attacked the Good Shepherd Church, located in El-Geish (the Army) street in Suez, a French styled church, they threw Molotov cocktails inside the church and burned large parts of it’s frontage, and restoration of the church took a year and a half under French supervision as it’s the only church in Suez, which was built on the French model when the French guides and ship masters were in Suez before the nationalization of the Suez Canal.

The Good Shepherd School in Suez was the luckiest of all the facilities that have been attacked, as the attackers only smashed some of the school furniture, and the school managers renewed the the seats and damaged contents of the  school.

The ancient Greek Church is another Coptic building attacked by Muslim Brotherhood in Suez, the church is located in Pardes Street area where the the Muslim Brotherhood march marched to arrive to the Cabinet and the Security Directorate buildings, they destroyed the heritage of the Church, which contained Christian Cut heritage and some of the Copts in Suez and their families records as it is one of the oldest churches in the Suez province, Protesters attacked the church with Molotov cocktails and destroyed the Frontage and broke into the church and stole some of its’ content and smashed a number of crosses inside. The church returned to life quickly as Christians held festive celebrations amid the effect of hostility and debris that followed the attack, the restoration work at the church was completed in the middle of 2015.