Gunmen Attack Coptic Christians in Egypt | At least 28 Dead

Gunmen attacked a group of Coptic Christians as they were driving to a monastery south of Cairo on Friday, killing at least 28 and wounding dozens including children, the governor of Egypt’s Minya province, Essam al-Bedaiwy, said. The passengers were traveling Friday to a monastery, St. Samuel the Confessor, near the central city of Minya when they came under attack, Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Mugahed told TV al-Masriya. He said that children had been on the bus and were among the dead, adding that a pick-up truck in the convoy carrying workmen at the monastery was also targeted. WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump vowed Friday to crush "evil organizations of terror" following an attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt that killed more than two dozen people near Cairo and prompted the country's leader to appeal to Trump to lead the fight against global terrorism. The Coptic Orthodox Church is the largest Christian denomination in Egypt, making up around 10 per cent of the country’s residents, but has suffered successive rounds of persecution by Islamists. But Copts, who have long been targeted for violence, are not optimistic the situation will change

Last December, a suicide bomber targeted a small church attached to St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, killing 25 people and wounding nearly 50 others.
Gunmen open fire on buses carrying Coptic Christians in Minya Governorate, Egypt, killing at least 28 people and injuring dozens more.