{"id":323134,"date":"2017-05-27T17:51:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T17:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=323134"},"modified":"2017-05-27T17:51:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T17:51:59","slug":"egypt-coptic-christians-is-claims-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/egypt-coptic-christians-is-claims-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt Coptic Christians: IS claims attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
So-called Islamic State (IS) has claimed it was behind an attack on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt that killed at least 29 people and wounded about 25 others on Friday.<\/p>\n
Masked men boarded several vehicles carrying the Christians and opened fire at close range, witnesses said.<\/p>\n
The funerals of some of the victims were held on Friday night.<\/p>\n
Egyptian aircraft struck “terrorist training camps” in neighbouring Libya in retaliation for the attack.<\/p>\n
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said six strikes hit the Libyan town of Derna.<\/p>\n