Egypt: gunmen open fire at Coptic Christian wedding in Cairo

By artappraiser on Tue, 10/22/2013 - 12:26pm |

By Patrick Kingsley in Cairo, theguardian.com, 21 Oct., 2013

Gunmen shot dead at least four Egyptians outside a Coptic Christian church on the edge of Cairo on Sunday evening as worshippers left the building after a wedding, state media reported. Two adults and two girls aged eight and 12 were killed, and at least 12 others injured, after the gunmen sprayed bullets seemingly at random.

The perpetrators, and their motives, are unknown as they left the area quickly on motorcycles, according to witnesses. But there are strong concerns that the shootings mark the latest sectarian attack on Egypt's Coptic Christian minority, which makes up around 10% of Egypt's population of 85 million [....]

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