Gunmen Kill At Least 26 Coptic Christians in Egypt
(MEE) Gunmen attacked a group of Coptic Christians as they were driving to a monastery south of Cairo on Friday, killing 26 and wounding a further 26, medical sources and witnesses said.
The group was traveling in two buses and a truck through the province, which is home to a sizeable Christian minority, he said.
An interior ministry spokesman said the attack was carried out by unidentified gunmen in three four-wheel-drive vehicles.
