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Gunmen attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians in central Egypt on Friday, killing at least seven in the latest attack on a religious minority repeatedly targeted by jihadists.
The attackers opened fire on the bus in Minya, the provinceโs bishop told AFP.
The gunmen โkilled seven people and wounded 14, all of whom are in the Sheikh Fadel hospital in Beni Mazarโ around 200 kilometres (120 miles) south of Cairo, said Bishop Makarios of Minya.
A security official confirmed the attack, adding that there were โdead and woundedโ.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the shooting.
Copts, a Christian minority that make up 10 per cent of Egyptโs 96 million people, have in recent years been repeatedly targeted by the Islamic State jihadist group. Read more