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FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2013 file photo, clergymen walk through the gate of the historic al-Muharraq Monastery, a centuries-old site in the province of Assiut, Egypt. Prosecutors are investigating the death of a monk at the monastery, who had until recently served in another monastery northwest of Cairo where an abbot was killed in July. Two monks -- one of whom has been defrocked -- are on trial for the death of the abbot, Bishop Epiphanius. The trial opened Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018, and was scheduled to resume Thursday when the deceased monk was to give his testimony. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Autopsy on Egyptian monk shows signs of poisoning

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

This undated photo released by the Coptic Orthodox Church, shows Coptic monk Zeinoun al-Maqari, in Egypt. Egypt's Coptic church said Wednesday, Sept, 26, 2018, that prosecutors are investigating the death of al-Maqari who had until recently served in a monastery northwest of Cairo where Bishop Epiphanius, abbot of St. Macarious monastery was killed in July. In a brief statement Wednesday, the church says the cause of monk Zeinoun al-Maqari's death, at the al-Muharraq monastery in southern Egypt, remained unknown. (Coptic Orthodox Church via AP)

Egypt prosecutors probing monk’s death in desert monastery

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press