{"id":392481,"date":"2017-05-27T07:12:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T07:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/27\/egypt-hits-jihadist-camps-after-attack-on-coptic-christians\/"},"modified":"2017-05-27T07:12:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T07:12:18","slug":"egypt-hits-jihadist-camps-after-attack-on-coptic-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/27\/egypt-hits-jihadist-camps-after-attack-on-coptic-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt hits \u2018jihadist camps\u2019 after attack on Coptic Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/96237144_hi039725716.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Egyptian forces have struck \u201cterrorist training camps\u201d in retaliation for an attack on Coptic Christians, President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi says.<\/p>\n<p>State media say six strikes hit the town of Derna in neighbouring Libya.<\/p>\n<p>Gunmen earlier attacked a bus carrying worshippers in central Egypt, killing at least 28 people and wounding 25 others.<\/p>\n<p>President Sisi said he would \u201cnot hesitate to strike terrorist camps anywhere\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the strike in a TV speech late on Friday, he promised to \u201cprotect our people from the evil\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Countries which supported terrorism should be punished, he said, as he appealed to US President Donald Trump for help.<\/p>\n<p>Although no group immediately said it was behind the attack, Islamic State (IS) militants have targeted Copts several times in recent months, and vowed to do so again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaesh strategy depends on driving a wedge between Muslims and Christians,\u201d Mr Sisi said, using an alternative name for IS.<\/p>\n<p>The Copts killed on Friday had been travelling to the Monastery of St Samuel the Confessor, 135km (85 miles) south of Cairo, from Minya province when their bus came under fire.<\/p>\n<p>It was in a small convoy that was stopped on a desert road near a police station on the border with Beni Suef provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Up to 10 gunmen wearing military uniforms attacked the convoy, eyewitnesses said. The gunmen then fired at the vehicles with automatic weapons before fleeing, they added.<\/p>\n<p>Minya Province Bishop Makarios said many of the victims were shot at point blank range, the New York Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>He said that children had been on the bus and were among the dead, adding that a pick-up truck in the convoy carrying workmen at the monastery was also targeted.<\/p>\n<p>Minutes after President Sisi\u2019s speech, the White House released a statement of support from Mr Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis merciless slaughter of Christians in Egypt tears at our hearts and grieves our souls,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica stands with President Sisi and all the Egyptian people today, and always, as we fight to defeat this common enemy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quicksense.net\/ --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egyptian forces have struck \u201cterrorist training camps\u201d in retaliation for an attack on Coptic Christians, President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi says. State media say six strikes hit the town of Derna in neighbouring Libya. Gunmen earlier attacked a bus carrying worshippers in central Egypt, killing at least 28 people and wounding 25 others. President Sisi said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Egypt hits \u2018jihadist camps\u2019 after attack on Coptic Christians - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/27\/egypt-hits-jihadist-camps-after-attack-on-coptic-christians\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Egypt hits \u2018jihadist camps\u2019 after attack on Coptic Christians - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Egyptian forces have struck \u201cterrorist training camps\u201d in retaliation for an attack on Coptic Christians, President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi says. 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