Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack in Egypt that left 29 Coptic Christians dead, the Associated Press said Saturday.

Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians on their way to pray at a monastery. The attack took place 120 miles south of Cairo.

Twenty-nine people were killed, and at least 10 of the victims were children, according to reports.

In the wake of the attack, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ordered military strikes in Libya.

President Trump condemned the attack, calling it a “merciless slaughter of Christians.”

“American stands with President Al Sisi and all the Egyptian people today, and always, as we fight to defeat this common enemy,” Trump said in a statement Friday.