DNA testing identifies Copts martyred by Daesh in Libya

Egypt’s Department of Legal Medicine has asked members of the families of the ‘Libya martyrs’—the 20 Copts from Minya who were beheaded by Daesh, also known as Islamic State (IS) or ISIL, in Libya January 2015—to head to Minya public hospital for DNA testing, in order to identify the bodies of the martyrs. One first … Continue reading DNA testing identifies Copts martyred by Daesh in Libya