The death toll of the militant attack that targeted Minya Coptic bus on Friday morning reached 28, while 25 people were injured, according to a statement released by Minya governor Essam Bedwai.<\/p>\n
The statement noted that a number of anonymous militants targeted a bus that carries Coptic worshipers heading to bishop Sameul monastery located in Minya desert, adding that most of the passengers were from Fayoum governorate.<\/p>\n
The Interior Ministry released earlier Friday a statement in which it mentioned details of how the attack had been executed, saying that it claimed the lives\u00a0of 26 Copts.<\/p>\n
The ministry added that while a bus that carried a number of Coptic citizens was passing in the desert road in Minya governorate, a number of anonymous militants who were driving a four wheel vehicles opened fire on it.<\/p>\n
\u201cDirectly following the attack, a number of high-ranking security officials moved to the incident scene,\u201d said the statement<\/p>\n
\u201cThe attack took place while the bus was heading to Bishop Samuel, located south of El-Edwa city in Minya governorate. The death toll is still rising,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n
In the early hours of Friday morning, a Health Ministry statement said that the number of deaths had reached 23 and injuries 25, in the attack that targeted a bus affiliated to a Coptic monastery in Minya.<\/p>\n
Until now no group or entity has declared its responsibility for the attacks; however it is believed that the Islamic State group is the perpetrator, as it had released several warnings and threats against Copts in Egypt.<\/p>\n
The Minya bus attack came after nearly a month of two deadly suicide bombings that targeted two churches in Egypt\u2019s cities of Tanta and Alexandria, these attacks led to the death of nearly 46 people.<\/p>\n
In the wake of the Alexandria and Tanta attacks, Al-Sisi declared a state of emergency for three months in Egypt for the sake of eliminating terrorism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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