Gunman Attacks Coptic Church In Egypt, Killing At Least 9
Despite the death toll, the state news agency is calling the attack a foiled attempt. Along with guns, the assailant was also carrying explosives.
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Attack On Coptic Christians Kills At Least 28 In Egypt
"Those traitors breached all the religious principles and humanitarian values," says Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam. Egypt carried out strikes in Libya on militants officials said were involved.
After 2016 Assault, A Coptic Christian Grandmother In Egypt Fights For Justice
Friday's deadly assault was the latest attack against the Coptic Christian minority. A 70-year-old woman who was stripped and dragged through the streets last year is pursuing justice in court.
Bomb Hits Coptic Christian Church In Cairo, Killing At Least 25
Condolences pour forth after the deadliest attack on Egypt's Christian minority in years.
New ISIS Video Purports To Show Shooting, Beheading Of Christians
The footage shows some 30 people it says are Ethiopian Christians killed in two separate locations in Libya.
At Palm Sunday Mass, Pope Remembers Germanwings Crash Victims
Francis noted that schoolchildren were aboard the aircraft thought to have been deliberately crashed by its co-pilot. The pontiff also paid tribute to "martyrs" killed for their faith.
ISIS Beheadings In Libya Devastate An Egyptian Village
The small hamlet of el-Aour is reeling from the massacre of 13 of its men in Libya, where they worked. A lack of jobs in Egypt means laborers still head to neighboring Libya, despite the danger.
ISIS Video Purports To Show Mass Beheading Of Coptic Christians
The footage is supposed to show militants from the self-declared Islamic State executing 21 Coptic Christians captured by the extremist group last week.