High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Maspero Demonstrations were staged by a group predominated by Egyptian Copts in reaction to the burning of a number of churches in Upper Egypt. The peaceful protesters who intended to stage a sit-in in front of the Maspiro television building were attacked by security forces and the army, resulting in 27 deaths, mostly among the Coptic protestors, and 212 injuries, most of which were sustained by Copts.