An exchange of gunfire followed and security forces managed to apprehend two of the shooters.
The rate of attacks on churches has rapidly increased following former president Mohamed Morsi’s ouster.
In October assailants opened fire on a church in the Giza neighbourhood of Al-Warraq during a wedding, leaving five dead.
Interim president Adly Mansour issued a decree earlier this month that formed a fact-finding committee tasked with documenting information and evidence regarding outbreaks of violence that have occurred since Morsi’s ouster. Sectarian attacks fall under the scope of the committee, which is scheduled to present its findings to the presidency within six months.
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