Christian Egyptian girl killed

One of the many victims of Egypt's current violence was this Christian Copt girl.  Nervous about walking home from her Bible study, she asked her teacher to go with her.  Making their way through the market, her teacher turned around to make a purchase and turned back to find her student Jessica Boulous on the ground in a pool of blood.

photo:  morningstarnews.org

"Nasr Allah Zakaria, Jessica’s uncle, said the killing has devastated the girl’s family.

“I just can’t believe she is gone,” Zakaria said. “She was such a sweet little girl. She was like a daughter to me. I can’t believe she is gone.”

"No one has claimed responsibility for the killing. Zakaria, pastor of an evangelical  church in Egypt, said he didn’t know for sure if the shooting was religiously motivated but quickly added that violence against Christians “seems to be normal” in Egypt now."