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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security-idUSKBN18M10P --- Quote ---Gunmen attacked a group of Coptic Christians traveling to a monastery in southern Egypt on Friday, killing 28 people and wounding 24, with many children among the victims, Health Ministry officials said. (To view a graphic on the Egypt attack location, click: tmsnrt.rs/2qqLS4a) There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which came on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan. It followed a series of church bombings claimed by Islamic State in a campaign of violence against the Copts. --- End quote --- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4544554/23-shot-dead-bus-carrying-Coptic-Christians-Egypt.html (some fairly graphic but censored imagery in this article) --- Quote ---Up to 10 masked attackers dressed in military uniforms stopped a convoy in Minya province, 140 miles south of Cairo, as the group was heading towards Saint Samuel the Confessor Monastery in Maghagha to pray. The gunmen, who arrived in three four-wheel drive vehicles, used automatic weapons to spray bullets at the convoy before fleeing. A health ministry official said a 'large number' of victims were children. --- End quote --- http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/egypt-attack-coptic-christians-killed-bus-heading-monastery-n764981 --- Quote --- State TV reported the vehicle was attacked as it traveled on the road to the St. Samuel Monastery in Minya province, which is located about 140 miles south of Cairo. A spokesman for the interior ministry said the Christians were killed when "unknown persons driving three four-wheel drive vehicles began shooting at random on a bus." An heath ministry official told state television that the victims included a large number of children. --- End quote --- in quick summary if you don't have the time/want to read the quoted sections above, 28 coptic christians (meaning of the coptic orthodox church of alexandria) were killed in an ambush during a bus ride to the st. samuel monastery, many of the casualties reportedly children. as for the act itself, the attackers made use of three vehicles and automatic weaponry to carry out the attack. i don't normally do these kinds of news topics but this one was pretty forgeted and i didn't see any other topics up about it |
| Master Matthew²:
InB4ReligionOfPeace Take that as you will |
| PhantOS:
loving christ |
| beachbum111111:
Goddammit not the Copts. |
| PhantOS:
it looks like it was planned. why would they have 3 vehicles and attack this exact bus of christians travelling? i think someone had this premeditated |
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