Egypt: Coptic mother recalls Minya bus attack that killed her son
Channel: World Watch Monitor
Date: 2018-05-18

26 May 2018 will mark the first anniversary of the attack on two buses carrying Coptic Christians travelling to a monastery to celebrate Ascension Day. The convoy was stopped at 9.30am on a remote desert road close to the border between the Minya and Beni Suef provinces, by masked attackers armed with machine guns. The gunmen opened fire and killed 28 Copts, including two children. Twenty-five others were injured. Among the victims was Nadia’s son Hany. He, along with other men, refused to comply with the demand of the attackers to convert to Islam and was killed in front of his mother.