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| Death toll in Upper Egypt shooting attack on vehicles carrying Coptic Christians rises to 28: Minya governor |
| 2017-05-27 |
| [AlAhram] The number of Christians killed in an armed attack on buses carrying pilgrims in Upper Egypt’s Minya governorate has risen to 28, with 23 injured, the governor announced on Friday afternoon. In a phone call interview with local satellite channel ONTV live on Friday afternoon, Minya's governor, Essam El-Bedewy, announced the new corpse count, adding that seven of the victims were from El-Minya while the other 21 were from Beni Suef governroate. Egypt's health ministry, however, maintains the corpse count at 26 . Egypt’s interior ministry said in an official statement that unknown assailants driving three 4x4 wheelers attacked by "firing randomly" at the bus carrying Coptic citizens. The ministry added that an official count of the final death and injuries toll was underway. A cordon was imposed around the site of the attack, with security forces intensifying efforts to catch the culprits, according to the statement. The ages of the victims ranged from children to over 60, the bishop of Minya told Egyptian private-owned TV Channel DMC. Many victims were children, only three children survived the attack, a source from the church told al-Ahram. The bishop added that the vehicles attacked included a minibus and two cars. The injured have been transferred to nearby hospitals for first aid and will later be moved to Nasser hospital in Cairo, according to the health minister's instructions, state news agency MENA reported. No group has yet claimed the Minya attack, which is the latest in a series of deadly attacks on Egypt’s Christians. Egyptian state Islamic authority cancels Ramadan celebration following attack on Copts in Minya [AlAhram] Dar al-Iftaa, the Egyptian state body responsible for issuing Islamic edicts, has cancelled the celebrations scheduled on Friday to mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. The grand mufti, Shawqi Allam, who heads Dar al-Iftaa, has issued a statement condemning the attack. Gunmen attacked vehicles carrying Coptic Christians on their way to Saint Samuel’s Monastery in Minya on Friday, killing 28 people and injuring 25, according to the latest toll. Dar al-Iftaa organises a yearly committee to observe the appearance of the crescent moon, announcing the start of the new lunar month of Ramadan. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Well, apparently, somebody does care. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-05-27 11:46 |
| #2 ..take it up with the 10th circuit court. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-05-27 08:07 |
| #1 But who cares? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-05-27 01:29 |