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At least 15 Coptic Christians have been killed in Egypt by unknown gunmen who attacked the bus they were traveling in.
Egyptian media is reporting that the attack took place south of Cairo.
The passengers were traveling Friday to a monastery, St. Samuel the Confessor, near the central city of Minya when they came under attack, Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Mugahed told TV al-Masriya.
He said that 25 others were also injured as the gunmen fired from two cars on a desert road around 100 km (62 miles) west of Minya. Fifty ambulances are now at the scene.
It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the shooting.
Just over a month ago scores of Christians were killed in twin bombings at two churches in the country.
