Egypt strikes back after gunmen kill 28 Coptic Christians in bus attack

Egypt's government forces have struck bases in which militants who waged a deadly attack against Christians have been trained.

Egypt strikes back after gunmen kill 28 Coptic Christians in bus attack

Egypt's government forces have struck bases in which militants who waged a deadly attack against Christians have been trained.

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said fighter jets struck militant bases in eastern Libya in retaliation for an attack by suspected Islamic State militants that killed 28 Christians and wounded another 22 south of Cairo.

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