People with intelligence will not accept the approach of dealing with mistakes by committing additional mistakes. In all honesty, attempting to cover-up the previous events in Al Kosheh, approximately one and a half years a go, by means of acquitting individuals responsible for the incident and accusing the victims, has lead to the escalation of the problem in a horrific manner. Physical attacks have turned into killings. The number of Copts killed in the incident has reached 20, not counting missing individuals, dozens were injured, in addition many Coptic-owned homes and shops were destroyed. Therefore, we must consider the truth.
Responsibility falls first on security forces to stop a crime before it occurs.
If they were not able to prevent the crime, they should at least intervene and prevent it from spreading. We have confidence in the authorities in Cairo, however, the problem lies among the authorities in the area where the incident occurred. We did not wish to comment on the incident, however, many newspapers reported inaccurate information that was not based on eyewitness accounts. We finally decided that people needed to hear eyewitness accounts of trusted individuals who personally witnessed and recorded the incident. The problem started following an argument between a merchant and a customer.