Survivor of Minya attack says terrorists tried to set fire to bus after shooting

Cairo – Egypt’s Prosecutor General, on Sunday May 28, questioned two survivors of the terrorist attack that targeted a busload of Christians in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya on Friday, leaving 29 people dead and 27 others injured.

“My mother hid me under the chair. Then, I heard the sound of bullets everywhere. When the gunshot stopped, I raised my head to find my mother soaked in her blood,” she said.

“The terrorists then tried to set fire to the bus, but they fled after a car approached the scene,” she added.

S., another survivor who was rushed to Nasser Institute Hospital after receiving two bullets, said eight of his family members, including his father, were killed before his very eyes in the attack.

Residents, meanwhile, tried to storm the hospital where the bodies of the victims were being examined. Residents were enraged  after finding out about the attack when investigations revealed that the bus and a nearby vehicle received 79 bullets in the attack.

Terror attacks in Egypt have killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers since mid-2013 after the military removal of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in response to mass protests against his one-year rule and his currently outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group.

Egyptian forces had struck terrorist training camps at the town of Derna in Libya in retaliation for the attack on Coptic Christians on Friday.

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said he would not hesitate to strike terrorist camps anywhere.

Libya is effectively controlled by a large number of armed militias that have emerged in the chaos after overthrowing long-serving ruler Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011.