Unidentified gunmen have slaughtered the Egyptian capital Cairo. The attackers rushed indiscriminately on the bus carrying the Christians, standing ready in the garb of the military. In this attack, 24 people have died and 25 have been injured.

According to Fax News, eight to ten raiders fired on the bus passing through South Cairo. For the past few days in the Muslim dominated country of Egypt, Christian community has become easy prey of fundamentalists.

No group has taken responsibility for this attack so far. But Egypt's Coptic Christian is the target of the terrorist organization Islamic group. Security personnel are searching of attackers. Ambulances reached the spot to bring the injured to the hospital.

On Wednesday (May 24th), the US Embassy in Cairo also issued a warning and said that according to the information of the embassy, a terrorist organization called Hasam group threatened the attack.

Egyptian Health Ministry spokesman Khalid Mujahid said that 24 Christians died in the attack and 27 others were injured.

According to the report, these attacks took place 160 miles from Cairo, on the banks of the Nile river, in place of Minya. The highest population of Coptic Christians are in Mina of Egypt. Religious tension has increased in this place over the past few years.

At least 46 people died in two suicidal attacks targeting the church in Tanta and Alexandria on April 9 last month.

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