While the uproar in the wake of the first attack against the Abū Fānā monastery continues, monks were again attacked and stoned by people from the tribal communities. Heated discussions and debates on the issue are still being reported in the media. Muslims accuse the monks of killing a young man and the church has presented a list of six urgent demands to President Husnī Mubārak.

Members of tribal communities attacked a Coptic Orthodox monastery in al-Minyā. The vandals destroyed buildings that are owned by the monastery and set fire to the monastery's farm. Moreover, they abducted three monks and insulted and tortured them for hours.