CAIRO (AP) _ Egyptian officials say gunmen killed at least seven people in a drive-by shooting outside a church in southern Egypt as worshippers left a midnight Mass for Coptic Christmas.
The attack took place late Wednesday night in the town of Nag Hamadi, about 40 miles from the ancient ruins of Luxor.
The bishop of the Nag Hamadi Diocese, a hospital administrator and a local security official all said seven people were killed in the attack. The security official said three others were seriously wounded.
The security official said two gunmen drove by a group as they were walking out of the church and sprayed gunfire randomly into the crowd.
Christians, mostly Coptic, account for about 10 percent of Egypt’s predominantly Muslim population.