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Coptic Christians Targeted Again In Egypt

Published May 26, 2017 at 11:06 AM CDT

More than 20 people were killed Friday when gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians to a monastery in Egypt. There have been a number of recent attacks claimed by ISIS on Coptic Christians in the country.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson gets the latest from NPR’s Jane Arraf (@janearraf) in Cairo.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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