A Coptic Christian teacher in Egypt, allegedly shot by the teenage brother of one of his students, died on April 8, seven days after the shooting.
Ashraf Alahm Atef Hanna was an English teacher at Marzouk Prep School in the village of Marzouk in Minya Province.
According to human rights activists and local media sources, the teacher caught one of his students smoking in class. When the teacher told the boy to stop smoking, the Muslim student cursed at the teacher and insulted him in front of class.
Chased
The teacher responded by striking the student, allowed under school guidelines, and the boy stormed out of the class in anger. The student later returned to the school with his family, which area residents said has ties to local Islamic extremist groups. The group chased the teacher through the school, and after catching him, they beat him and shot him once in the head. He was taken immediately to a hospital.
Authorities arrested at least four members of the family, including Mohamed Naser Mustafa, the one alleged to have shot Hanna.
