Attack on Saint Menas church

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 / 29.8503894; 31.3218585
Date	29 December 2017 (UTC+2)
Target	Coptic Christians
Attack type	Shooting
Weapons	Gun
Deaths	11
Injured	10

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On December 29, 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]

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