CAIRO (AA) – At least five Coptic Christians were killed Friday in a shooting attack by unknown assailants in Egypt’s central Minya province, according to local media reports.
Egyptian media outlets quoted a church official as saying that “terrorists” had opened fire on a bus carrying Christian pilgrims from Egypt’s southern Sohag province.
The bus was reportedly on its way to Minya’s Saint Samuel Monastery when the deadly attack occurred.
According to a private Christian-owned satellite television channel, five people were killed and an as-yet-undetermined number of others were injured.
Friday’s attack is the second of its kind near the same monastery within the last year and a half.
In May of 2017, 29 people were killed when unknown attackers opened fire on two buses carrying Christians to the Saint Samuel Monastery.
Shortly afterward, the Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for the deadly assault.
