Attack on Saint Mena church | |
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Location | Helwan, Cairo, Egypt |
Coordinates | 29°51′01″N 31°19′19″E / 29.8503894°N 31.3218585°E |
Date | 29 December 2017 (UTC+2) |
Target | Coptic Christians |
Attack type | Shooting |
Weapons | Gun |
Deaths | 11 |
Injured | 10 |
Perpetrator | ISIS |
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On 29 December 2017, in Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, a gunman opened fire at the Coptic Orthodox Church of Saint Menas and a nearby shop owned by a Coptic man, killing ten citizens and a police officer and injuring around ten people.[1][2] He was wounded by police and arrested. Investigators said he had carried out several attacks in the last year.[3][2] Later, Amaq News Agency described that terrorist attack was carried out by a person belonging to the Islamic State group.[4]