Kosheh massacres

Kosheh massacre
Kosheh massacres is located in Egypt
Kosheh massacres
Kosheh massacres (Egypt)
LocationKosheh, Egypt
Coordinates26°14′03″N 32°05′07″E / 26.23417°N 32.08528°E / 26.23417; 32.08528
Date31 December 1999 – 2 January 2000 (riots)
2 January 2000 (massacre)
TargetCoptic Christians
Attack type
Massacre
Deaths21
Injured40
PerpetratorsMuslims

Twenty-one Coptic Christians were the victims of a massacre in Kosheh, Upper Egypt, located 450 kilometres south of Cairo, on Sunday, 2 January 2000. The Coptic Christians killed in this incident were considered martyrs of the Coptic Orthodox Church by Pope Shenouda III.

A book entitled Massacre at the Millennium was published in 2001 by Freedom House documenting the events.