Cairo - Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church issued a statement over the terrorist attack that targeted Coptic citizens on Friday during driving to a monastery. The church said, in its statement, "We received with all the pain and sorrow the news of that sinful attack on Egyptian Copts on their way to a monastery. The attack left a number of martyrs and injured in Minya's city of Maghagha. The church expressed its condolences to the families of the victims, stressing its solidarity with the country as whole for such wave of violence targeting the heart of Egypt and its national unity.