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.