Twenty-four people were killed and another 27 injured on Friday when unidentified attackers opened fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt's southern Minya province, according to Egypt's Health Ministry.
In the immediate wake of the attack, which occurred at around noon local time, a local security source told Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity that the incident had taken place on the desert road linking Minya to the nearby Beni Sueif province. -
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