Egyptian ‘The Voice Kids’ superstar loses six relatives in Coptic church fire tragedy
Egyptian ‘The Voice Kids’ superstar loses six relatives in Coptic church fire tragedy
Miretya Emad, an Egyptian superstar of the MBC Arabic version of ‘The Voice Kids’ for 2016, lost six relatives in the church fire that erupted at the Abi Sefein Coptic Orthodox church in Giza province during Sunday mass.
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A total of 41 worshipers lost their lives in the Giza church fire. [Getty]
Miretya Emad, an Egyptian of the Arabic's version of "The Voice Kids"Ìýfor 2016, lost six relatives in the church that had erupted at Abi Sefein Coptic Orthodox church in Giza provinceÌýwest of the capital CairoÌýduring Sunday mass.
Emad's maternal aunt, one cousin and her three children and another female cousin were amongst the victims of the tragedy.
"I can't believe it. You will be missed, the most precious people to me,"Ìýshe on her Facebook page.
The fire claimed the lives of 41 worshipers, including the priest and at least a dozen children, who mostly died from Asphyxiation.
Preliminary findings revealed that the fire was caused by a short circuit in a power generator.
Christians make up approximately 10 per cent of the population of Muslim-majority Egypt.
Most of Egypt's Christians are Coptic Orthodox and they areÌýamong the world's oldest Christian communities.
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