Coptic Christians mourn victims of Egypt bus attack

Family and friends have farewelled the victims that were killed after gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying pilgrims south of the capital Cairo.

Mourners carry a coffin of a victim, who was among those killed by gunmen during an ambush in Egypt's southern Minya province. Source: EPA/STRINGER

Angry Coptic Christians in mourning kept a vigil outside a hospital in central Egypt overnight to receive the bodies of relatives killed in a gun attack on a bus transporting pilgrims.

The Islamic State (IS) group claimed Friday's attack which killed seven Christians returning from a visit to Saint Samuel monastery, the latest assault on Egypt's religious minority.

A security source said seven people were also wounded in the attack near the city of Minya, the second such attack in two years targeting the desert monastery.

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