Cairo: At least 28 persons were killed and over 20 injured in a shooting attack on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in a central Egyptian town, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement.

The attack took place in the town of al-Adwa, about 80 km (49 miles) northwest of the city of Minya as the worshippers were traveling to the monastery of Saint Samuel, Efe news reported.

Ten armed men in four cars surrounded the bus and began to shoot arbitrarily as the vehicle neared al-Adwa on the way to the monastery, the statement added.

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