Tragedy hits Egypt as 10 gunmen killed 26 Christians, many critically injured

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– Unknown gunmen have allegedly opened fire on buses carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt

– Khaled Mogahed, the health ministry spokesman said the death toll reached 26 but feared it could rise further

– ISIS in Egypt has reportedly claimed to be behind the attack and it has also vowed to launch more attacks

Not fewer than 26 people have been reportedly killed by unknown gunmen who dressed in military uniform.

Many people including children lost their lives when ten masked gunmen opened fire on a bus conveying them to pray in Egyt.

The gunmen were said to have used automatic weapons to spray bullets at the convoy before fleeing.

10 masked attackers dressed in military uniforms opened fire on a bus in Minya province, 140 miles south of Cairo in Egyt and killed 26 people

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Khaled Mogahed, the health ministry spokesman said the death toll is 26 but feared it could rise further.

Mail Online reports that security forces had launched a hunt for the attackers, setting up dozens of checkpoints and patrols on the desert road.

The grand imam of al-Azhar, Egypt’s 1,000-year-old centre of Islamic learning, said the attack was intended to destabilise country.

”I call on Egyptians to unite in the face of this brutal terrorism,” Ahmed al-Tayeb said.

It was learnt that Egypt had been fighting ISIS militants who had waged an insurgency in north of the Sinai Peninsula and on the mainland.

class="align-left">It was said that the country has recorded many attacks the Christians, including twin bombings attack in April and another attack in December on a Cairo church that left over 75 people dead and scores wounded.

Reports also have that ISIS in Egypt did not deny the fact it was the one behind the attack it as well vowed to launched more attacks.

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ZENITHBLOG.com gathered that attacks on Christian homes, businesses and churches subsequently surged, especially in the country’s south.

ZENITHBLOG.com recently reported about 30 people had been killed in Zaki Biam, Ukum local government area of Benue state, following a raid by some gunmen suspected to herdsmen

The raid was carried out on Monday, March 20 where a community leader, Chief Udam Wuhe, said more than 10 gunmen stormed the town from TorTonda- Zaki Biam road at about 5:00pm.

According to him, the residents counted not fewer than 20 dead bodies with several others injured and many houses razed.

Watch this ZENITHBLOG.com TV Video of some residents shearing their ordeal about how herdsmen prevented them from getting Red Cross relief materials after many people had been killed:

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