Attack on Egyptian church kills six

Shooters opened fire at a gathering outside an eastern Egyptian church, killing six during the celebration of a Christian sect's Christmas Eve, CNN reports.

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Shooters opened fire at a gathering outside an eastern Egyptian church, killing six during the celebration of a Christian sect's Christmas Eve, CNN reports. Copts - adherents of an Egyptian sect of Christianity that observes Christmas Day on January 7 - were leaving mass on Wednesday in Naga Hammadi City when they were attacked, the government told CNN. Attack on Egyptian church kills six One of the dead in the drive-by shooting was a police officer, and the five civilians were all Coptic Christians, Egypt's Interior Ministry said. Seven others were injured in the shooting in the Nile River coastal city. Security forces were searching for the shooter, who was accompanied by other individuals in the car, the government said. About 9 percent of Egyptians are Copts, according to the Central Intelligence Agency World Fact Book. Ninety percent of Egyptians are Muslim.

Attack on Egyptian church kills six

One of the dead in the drive-by shooting was a police officer, and the five civilians were all Coptic Christians, Egypt's Interior Ministry said.

Seven others were injured in the shooting in the Nile River coastal city.

Security forces were searching for the shooter, who was accompanied by other individuals in the car, the government said.

About 9 percent of Egyptians are Copts, according to the Central Intelligence Agency World Fact Book. Ninety percent of Egyptians are Muslim.

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