Nine dead after church massacre

A GUNMAN on a motorcycle opened fire Friday outside a church in a Cairo suburb and at a nearby store, sparking a shootout that killed at least nine people, including eight Coptic Christians, Egyptian authorities said. It was the latest attack targeting the country’s embattled Christian minority. The gunman was also killed, along with at least one police officer, officials said.

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