Awqaf minister performs absentee funeral prayers over Badrasheen terror attack

CAIRO – 14 July 2017: Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa performed the absentee funeral prayers over the martyrs of the Badrasheen terror attack.

The funeral prayers were offered after Friday’s sermon and prayers at el Refaey Mosque, Old Cairo.

Egypt’s mufti Shawki Allam, ministers of manpower, antiquities, and local development, along with Cairo governor, representatives from police, army and others took part in the prayers.

Speaking to MENA, Gomaa condemned the coward terror attack, reiterating that Islam and all the divine religions rejected terrorism, extremism, and violence.

Five policemen including an officer was killed after some militants attacked their police vehicle in Giza’s township of Badrasheen.