Terror by Bus

May 27, 2017 by

by Tony Perkins, FRC:

Memorial Day seems to come every day for our hurting brothers and sisters in the Middle East. This morning, a world that was already grieving the loss of so many lives in Manchester was heartbroken to hear about the senseless slaughter of a bus of Egyptian Christians in cold blood. The group of Egyptians were on their way to a monastery to pray when a group of masked gunman surrounded the bus and opened fire, killing at least 28 and wounding almost two dozen more. According to reports, only three children survived. “Video circulating on social media after the attack showed the bodies of about 10 men scattered in the sand on the side of the road with pools of blood around them. Children hysterically screaming could be heard in the background. Local media also reported that the attackers were recording video themselves,” Fox News reported.

Although officials are still investigating, the Coptic Christians were almost certainly the target of ISIS, whose hatred toward “the Middle East’s largest Christian community” has led to nightmarish beheadings on the beaches of Libya, bombings on Christmas, and senseless massacres in churches across the nation. Hours before the start of Ramadan, survivors say the murderers left behind flyers about the Muslim holy month. It was a grisly reminder of the deadly divide between radicals and one of the ancient cradles of Christianity. It was also a sobering sign of the work cut out for the world’s leaders in this titanic struggle against evil.

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See also:

Grief and rage in Egyptian church after massacre of Christian pilgrims, from Reuters

World leaders react to the ‘barbaric’ attack in Egypt, by Hassan John, Global Christian News

 

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