The Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack in Egypt that left 29 Coptic Christians dead, the Associated Press said Saturday.
BREAKING: Islamic State group claims responsibility for attack on bus carrying Coptic Christians that killed 29.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 27, 2017
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.
BREAKING: #ISIS claimed credit through its ‘Amaq News Agency for the killing of Coptic Christians in #Minya in southern #Egypt pic.twitter.com/AqR8dgtjt7
— SITE Intel Group (@siteintelgroup) May 27, 2017
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.
