2017 Minya bus attack

2017 Minya bus attack
Part of the Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present)
2017 Minya bus attack is located in Egypt
Attack location
Attack location
2017 Minya bus attack (Egypt)
2017 Minya bus attack is located in Middle East
Attack location
Attack location
2017 Minya bus attack (Middle East)
LocationMinya, Egypt
Date26 May 2017 (2017-05-26)
TargetCoptic Christians
Deaths33[1]
Injured22
Perpetrator ISIS
Martyrs of the monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor
Martyrs
Died26 May 2017
Minya, Egypt[2]
Venerated inCoptic Orthodox Church
Feast15 February (Amshir 8)[3]

On 26 May 2017, masked gunmen opened fire on a convoy carrying Copts from Maghagha in Egypt's Minya Governorate to the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor, killing at least 33 people[5] and injuring 22 others.[6][7]

  1. ^ "ISIS claims responsibility for killing 29 Coptic Christians in Egypt". Nine.com.au. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  2. ^ ليبيا.. اعترافات مثيرة للشاهد على ذبح الأقباط. العربية. 7 October 2017.
  3. ^ لماذا اعتمد المجمع المقدس 15 فبراير عيدًا لشهداء الكنيسة؟. مصراوي.كوم.
  4. ^ اليوم.. نقل رفات شهداء دير الأنبا صموئيل إلى مزار خاص داخل كنيسة الجرنوس. مصراوي.كوم.
  5. ^ "Gunmen kill at least 28 Coptic Christians in central Egypt". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Egypt Coptic Christians killed in bus attack". BBC. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Dozens dead as gunmen attack bus of Coptic Christians in Egypt". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

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