Offici­als search for a possib­le second gunman who may have escape­dCAIRO: A gunman opened fire on a church south of Cairo on Friday and was shot dead by policemen, police officials said. The gunman wounded five security guards outside the church and then tried to storm the building when police shot him dead, the officials said. The officials said they were searching for a possible second gunman who may have escaped. A month later, IS gunmen shot dead about 30 Christians south of Cairo as they travelled to a monastery. Egypt imposed a state of emergency following the church attacks and shootings, and President Abdel Fattah al Sisi demanded the army quell the militants with ‘brutal forc’ following the mosque massacre.

Source: The Express Tribune December 29, 2017 11:03 UTC