Egypt Executes Man Convicted of Killing Coptic Priest Arsanios Wadid

On August 3, 2026, Egyptian authorities carried out the death sentence of Nehru Abdel‑Moneim Tawfiq, the man convicted of murdering Coptic Orthodox priest Father Arsanios Wadid. The execution followed the Egyptian Court of Cassation’s rejection of his final appeal, confirming the death penalty originally imposed by the Alexandria Criminal Court.

Father Arsanios Wadid was stabbed on 7 April 2022 while leading a parish outing on a beach in Alexandria’s Karmouz‑Moharam Bek district. The killing shocked Egypt’s Christian community, drew condemnation from religious leaders, and concluded after more than four years of legal proceedings.