1 Copt is killed in Train Shooting and other five were injured
1 Copt is killed in Train Shooting
Unconfirmed information reached our office indicates a shooting in Egyptian train.
The train was travelling to Cairo from menya when unidentified man open fire on passengers’ one Coptic man was killed and other five were injured.
The same information indicates that killer was able to run away.
Voice of the Copts is trying to obtain additional update from our correspondence in Cairo.
In Coptic Christmas Eve, a device contain explosive material was found under stair way at Saint Antonious Church in Menya.
update: The names of attack’s victims:
– Fathy Musad Ebeed Kadaas, 71 years old, assassinated.
– Marian Nabil Zaky 25 years old, injured.
– Magi Nabil Zaky 21 years old, injured.
– Sabah Setut Silliman 52 years, injured.
– Emil Hanna Takla 61 years old, injured.
Update:　
Shooter Was Policeman, All Victims Christian
A gunman who opened fire on a train Jan. 11 in southern Egypt, killing one and wounding five, was an off-duty policeman, the Egyptian Interior Ministry stated, AP reported. A 71-year-old man was killed, and the man’s wife and three other women were among the wounded; all of the victims are Christian. The shooter was identified as Amer Ashour Abdel-Zaher, and the motive for the attack is not yet known. Abdel-Zaher, a Muslim, was on his way to work when he boarded the train in Samalout, Minya province, and opened fire with a handgun. He was arrested nearby at his home after fleeing the scene and is being questioned, the ministry said.