A drive by shooting killed at least 6 Coptic worshipers as they left their church after mass. The shooting was apparently revenge for an alleged rape of a muslim girl. Riots also broke out which last for 5 days and left many Christians properties and businesses destroyed.
Proportional response. BBC
At least six Coptic Christians and a security official have been killed in a drive-by shooting outside a church in southern Egypt, officials say.
The shooting came as worshippers left the church in Naj Hammadi after a midnight mass on Coptic Christmas Eve.
A car pulled up and gunfire was sprayed into the crowd.[...]
There were five days of riots in the town, with Christian properties torched and damaged, following the rape.
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