‘Our Daddy is in Heaven’ — Daughters of Christian Family Slaughtered in Libya

One of the remaining daughters, in front of her parent’s wedding picture

Katherine, slain daughter

Slain mother

Slain father

The three coffins during the church funeral in Egypt

Raymond Ibrahim – Janaury 2015

More information about the Coptic Christian family — mother, father, and daughter — killed in Libya continues to surface. In an interview with the mother’s brother, he explained how the murderers broke into the house in the middle of the night. They handcuffed and killed the father. Then they entered the children’s bedroom, three girls. The mother was there, cried out, tried to fight back, and was killed. They took the oldest daughter, Katherine, and fled with her. The girl’s body was later found in the desert, shot three times (graphic pictures here). The other two younger daughters were left for two-and-a-half hours in their bedroom with the body of their slain mother. In the early morning, they fled the house and ran toward their school where they were intercepted by the principal who asked them, “Why are you coming to school alone today? Where’s your father?” They answered, “Daddy is in heaven.”

Ansar al-Sharia — the “Supporters of Islamic Law” — an Islamist organization that rose to power during Libya’s “Arab Spring” is believed to be responsible for the targeting of this, and other, Christian families.

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