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At least 7 killed, 12 injured in terrorist attack on bus carrying Copts in Upper Egypt's Minya
[Al Ahram] Egypt’s prosecutor-general Nabil Sadek has dispatched a team of prosecutors to the site of the terrorist attack on a bus which killed at least seven Copts and injured 12 near the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor in Upper Egypt's Minya on Friday.In an official statement, Sadek ordered members of northern Minya prosecution and members of Supreme State Security prosecution to the site to investigate the attack. He also instructed the team to head to hospitals where the injured are receiving treatment to listen to their testimonies on the circumstances of the attack. Security forces are currently searching for the unknown button men who carried out the terror attack on the bus, the sources said. The sources added that the bus was using a back road to reach the monastery, adding that the main road to the monastery had been closed per security instructions due to the danger present in the western part of the governorate, where the monastery is located, and the lack of communication networks in the vicinity. Posted by: Fred 2018-11-03 |
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