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Islamic State militants on Friday intercepted three buses carrying Christian pilgrims to a monastery in an isolated desert south of Cairo, the capital of Egypt, killing seven people and injuring 19 others, according to reports. the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior. .
On the basis of the list of victims' names published by the church, all but one victim belonged to the same family member.
Local affiliates in the Islamic State who led the militants fighting the security forces in the Sinai Peninsula claimed responsibility for the attack, said the SITE group, a US-based monitoring and translation group. United.
According to the statement, this would be retaliation for the imprisonment of our "sister" by the Egyptian authorities.
The Islamic State has repeatedly promised to target Egyptian Christians as punishment for their support of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi.
The attack is likely to overshadow the World Youth Forum, el-Sissi, which opens Saturday in the seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in the Red Sea.
Brother Begemy Naseem Nasr, pastor of St. Mary's Church in Minya, thought the attack was meant to embarrbad el-Sisi and make the country look weak. (my)
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