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ANOTHER CHRISTIAN COPT KILLED IN EGYPT

ANOTHER CHRISTIAN COPT KILLED IN EGYPT


 


 


An attacker in police uniform, on Tuesday 01/11/2011, opened fire on a group of passengers in a train, killing a Christian man and injuring five others in the Egypt’s Minya province, about 30 Km South to Cairo, Egypt’s capital..


 


The assailant boarded the train at Samalut and opened fire on passengers, killing 71-year-old Fathi Said Massaad and injuring others, local media reports said. After the attack, the shooter tried to flee but was arrested.


 


Three among the five injured were Christians. However, Major General Ahmed Dia el-Din the Governor of Minya has denied the incident related to sectarian reasons. Egyptian security services are questioning the suspect in order to understand his motives.

 

On Saturday 01/01/2011 22 Egyptian Christian Copts were killed by a suicide car bomb attack in Alexandria, the second largest city in Egypt (see – Alexandria Bombing).

 

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