Egypt police kills 19 militants in security operation after attack on Christians
NINETEEN Islamist militants accused of carrying out a deadly attack on Christians in Egypt have been killed by police, the interior ministry says.
They died in a shoot –out after police pursued “fugitive terrorist elements” into the desert area west of Minya province, the statement said.
Seven Coptic Christians were killed in an attack on two buses near a monastery in Minya on Friday 2nd November, 2018.
The Islamic State (IS) said it carried out the attack. It was the latest in a series of attacks by extremists on Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority.
The ministry said security forces had exchanged fire with “terrorists” they were pursuing, although it did not say exactly where the fire fight happened.
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They died in a shoot –out after police pursued “fugitive terrorist elements” into the desert area west of Minya province, the statement said.
Seven Coptic Christians were killed in an attack on two buses near a monastery in Minya on Friday 2nd November, 2018.
The Islamic State (IS) said it carried out the attack. It was the latest in a series of attacks by extremists on Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority.
The ministry said security forces had exchanged fire with “terrorists” they were pursuing, although it did not say exactly where the fire fight happened.
ENDS BBC/MM