Egypt attack: Gunmen kill seven Coptic Christians in bus ambush

Local Islamic State affiliate claims responsibility for attack on three buses carrying Christian pilgrims

Islamic militants have ambushed three buses carrying Christian pilgrims on their way to a remote desert monastery south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing seven people and wounding 19, Egyptian officials said.

All but one of those killed were members of the same family, according to a list of the victims’ names released by the Coptic Orthodox church, which said among the dead were a boy and a girl, age 15 and 12 respectively.

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