{"id":322640,"date":"2017-05-26T11:51:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T11:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=322640"},"modified":"2017-05-26T11:51:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T11:51:32","slug":"egypt-coptic-christians-killed-in-bus-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/egypt-coptic-christians-killed-in-bus-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt Coptic Christians killed in bus attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
Gunmen have attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians in central Egypt, killing at least 23 people and wounding 25 others, state media report.<\/p>\n
The bus was heading towards the Monastery of St Samuel the Confessor in Minya province, about 220km (140 miles) south Cairo, when it came under fire.<\/p>\n
No group immediately said it was behind the attack.<\/p>\n
But Islamic State (IS) militants have targeted Copts several times in recent months, and vowed to do so again.<\/p>\n
Two suicide bombings at churches in the northern cities of Alexandria and Tanta on 9 April left 46 people dead.<\/p>\n