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A [[2017 Minya bus attack|similar attack]] happened on 26 May 2017, when masked gunman opened fire on a convoy carrying [[Copts]] in the same route of this attack, killing 29 people and wounding 22 others.[{{cite web|url=http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/05/26/21/30/egypt-coptic-christians-attacked-gunmen|title=ISIS claims responsibility for killing 29 Coptic Christians in Egypt|date=28 May 2017 |publisher=Nine.com.au|access-date=28 May 2017}}] |
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A [[2017 Minya bus attack|similar attack]] happened on 26 May 2017, when masked gunman opened fire on a convoy carrying [[Copts]] in the same route of this attack, killing 29 people and wounding 22 others.[{{cite web|url=http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/05/26/21/30/egypt-coptic-christians-attacked-gunmen|title=ISIS claims responsibility for killing 29 Coptic Christians in Egypt|date=28 May 2017 |publisher=Nine.com.au|access-date=28 May 2017}}] |
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On 29 December 2017, a gunman killed at least 11 people in [[Attack on Saint Menas church|attacks]] on a Coptic Orthodox church and a Christian-owned shop near [[Cairo]] before he was wounded and arrested.[{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security/gunman-kills-11-in-attacks-on-coptic-church-christian-owned-shop-in-egypt-idUSKBN1EN0SX|title=Gunman kills 11 in attacks on Coptic church, Christian-owned shop...|website=[[Reuters]] |date=29 December 2017 }}] |
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On 29 December 2017, a gunman killed at least 11 people in [[Attack on Saint Menas church|attacks]] on a Coptic Orthodox church and a Christian-owned shop near [[Cairo]] before he was wounded and arrested.[{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security/gunman-kills-11-in-attacks-on-coptic-church-christian-owned-shop-in-egypt-idUSKBN1EN0SX|title=Gunman kills 11 in attacks on Coptic church, Christian-owned shop...|website=[[Reuters]] |date=29 December 2017 |access-date=18 April 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229223319/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security/gunman-kills-11-in-attacks-on-coptic-church-christian-owned-shop-in-egypt-idUSKBN1EN0SX|archive-date=29 December 2017|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}] |
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On 9 April 2017, Palm Sunday, terrorists [[Palm Sunday church bombings|bombed two Coptic churches]] — St. George's Church in the northern Egyptian city of [[Tanta]] on the [[Nile Delta]], and [[Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Alexandria)|Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral]], the principal church in [[Alexandria]] — killing 47 people and injuring at least 126 others.[{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/10/middleeast/egypt-church-explosion/|title=Egypt Cabinet OKs state of emergency after Palm Sunday church bombings|author1=Joe Sterling |author2=Sarah Sirgany |author3=Ian Lee|work=CNN|date=10 April 2017|access-date=26 May 2017}}] |
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On 9 April 2017, Palm Sunday, terrorists [[Palm Sunday church bombings|bombed two Coptic churches]] — St. George's Church in the northern Egyptian city of [[Tanta]] on the [[Nile Delta]], and [[Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Alexandria)|Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral]], the principal church in [[Alexandria]] — killing 47 people and injuring at least 126 others.[{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/10/middleeast/egypt-church-explosion/|title=Egypt Cabinet OKs state of emergency after Palm Sunday church bombings|author1=Joe Sterling |author2=Sarah Sirgany |author3=Ian Lee|work=CNN|date=10 April 2017|access-date=26 May 2017}}] |