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Gunmen kill 26 in Egypt bus attack; Oman condemns

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Masked gunmen attacked a group of Coptic Christians in southern Egypt on Friday, killing 26 people and wounding 26 others as they were driving to a monastery, medical sources and eyewitnesses said.


The Sultanate strongly condemns the armed attack against a convoy of Christian pilgrims in Egypt, resulting in the deaths and injuries Oman confirms its solidarity with the people of Egypt, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.


The group was traveling in two buses and a small truck in Minya province, the sources said.


Provincial governor Essam al-Bedaiwy said earlier that 23 people had been killed and 25 wounded.


Eyewitnesses said the Copts were attacked as they were going to pray at the monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor in the western part of the province.


They said masked men stopped the vehicles on a road leading to the monastery and opened fire.


Coptic Christians, who make up about 10 per cent of Egypt's population of 92 million, have been the subject of a series of deadly attacks in recent months.


About 70 have been killed in bomb attacks on churches in the cities of Cairo, Alexandria and Tanta since December. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Friday's attack.


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