Geneva - The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit condemned an attack on a bus in Egypt carrying Coptic Christians. Twenty-six people are dead, according to media reports, after unidentified gunmen opened fire on the bus. At least 25 more are injured. The passengers were traveling Friday to a monastery, St. Samuel the Confessor, near the city of Minya. Tveit offered "heartfelt condolences to the people who lost family members and friends." "It is shocking that this attack was directed against people who were on a pilgrimage of peace, and that this attack comes on the heels of ongoing violence and persecution," Tveit said.
