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2018 Minya bus attack

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2018 Minya bus attack
Part of theInsurgency in Egypt (2013–present)
2018 Minya bus attack is located in Egypt
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Attack location
2018 Minya bus attack (Egypt)
2018 Minya bus attack is located in Middle East
Attack location
Attack location
2018 Minya bus attack (Middle East)
LocationMinya,Egypt
DateNovember 2, 2018;5 years ago(2018-11-02)
TargetCoptic Christians
Deaths7
Injured12[1]
PerpetratorsIslamic State
Assailants19 militants (all killed two days later by police)[2]

On 2 November 2018, masked gunmen opened fire on a group of Egyptian Christians travelling by bus throughMinya.There was a convoy of three vehicles and two of them managed to escape. The vehicles were carryingCoptstraveling fromSohag GovernorateandMinya GovernorateinEgyptto theMonastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor.[3][4]At least 7 people fromMinyawere killed while 12[1][5]others were injured.[6]Asimilar attacknear the same place had happened in 2017.[7]

Background

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Main article:Persecution of Copts

Coptshave faced growingpersecutionand sectarian violence in Egypt since the early 2010s, including several in the last two years, all claimed by the Islamic State.

Asimilar attackhappened on 26 May 2017, when masked gunman opened fire on a convoy carryingCoptsin the same route of this attack, killing 29 people and wounding 22 others.[8]

On 29 December 2017, a gunman killed at least 11 people inattackson a Coptic Orthodox church and a Christian-owned shop nearCairobefore he was wounded and arrested.[9]

On 9 April 2017, Palm Sunday, terroristsbombed two Coptic churches— St. George's Church in the northern Egyptian city ofTantaon theNile delta,andSaint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral,the principal church inAlexandria— killing 47 people and injuring at least 126 others.[10]

On 11 December 2016,a suicide bomberkilled 29 people and injured 47 others atSt. Peter and St. Paul's Church(commonly known as El-Botroseya Church[11])

Attack

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On 2 November 2018, three buses leftMonastery of Saint Samuel the ConfessorcarryingCoptic Christianson their way to Minya. The Buses were ambushed by Islamic state fighters around Minya. During the ambush, the first two buses managed to escape with 12 injured passengers however the third bus was unable to escape the ambush and was forced to come to a stop. Seven civilians on board the bus were killed.[12][13]

Response and reactions

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Two days later, 19 militants involved in the attack were killed in a shoot-out with the police.[2]

Pope Francisprayed for the victims in his SundayAngelusAddress, subsequent to the killings.[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ab"At least 7 killed, 12 injured in terrorist attack on bus carrying Copts in Upper Egypt's Minya - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online".english.ahram.org.eg.
  2. ^ab"Coptic Christian attack: Egypt police 'kill 19 attackers'".BBC News.Retrieved6 November2018.
  3. ^"الأقباط متحدون -راهب بدير الانبا صموئيل المعترف يروي تفاصيل الحادث".Retrieved2 November2018.
  4. ^"Egypt: Deadly attack on Coptic Christians".BBC News.2 November 2018.Retrieved2 November2018.
  5. ^"Egyptian prosecutors sent to site of terrorist attack on Copts in Minya to investigate - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online".english.ahram.org.eg.
  6. ^"Coptic Christian attack: Funerals in Egypt for seven murdered pilgrims".
  7. ^Raghavan, Sudarsan; Mahfouz, Heba Farouk (2 November 2018)."Gunmen in Egypt attack bus carrying Christians, killing at least 8 and wounding 13".Washington Post.
  8. ^"ISIS claims responsibility for killing 29 Coptic Christians in Egypt".Nine.com.au.Retrieved28 May2017.
  9. ^"Gunman kills 11 in attacks on Coptic church, Christian-owned shop..."Reuters.
  10. ^Joe Sterling; Sarah Sirgany; Ian Lee (10 April 2017)."Egypt Cabinet OKs state of emergency after Palm Sunday church bombings".CNN.Retrieved26 May2017.
  11. ^Chappell, Bill (11 December 2016)."Bomb Hits Coptic Christian Church In Cairo, Killing At Least 25".NPR.
  12. ^"Hundreds of Copts mourn victims of Minya's bus terrorist attack".daily news egypt. 3 November 2018.Retrieved30 January2022.
  13. ^"7 Dead In ISIS Attack On Bus Carrying Egyptian Christians".NDTV. 3 November 2018.Retrieved30 January2022.
  14. ^Grogan, Courtney (4 November 2018)."Pope Francis mourns victims of attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt".Crux Taking the Catholic Pulse.Colorado: Catholic News Agency. Archived fromthe originalon 5 November 2018.Retrieved4 November2018.

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