Minya (Upper Egypt) - Boshra Kamel Girgis, the driver of the bus that was ambushed by masked men in Minya on Friday spent 3 hours in the operation room of Nasser Institute Hospital to extract 3 bullets that nearly killed him along with 28 other people who were killed and 25 injured by the terrorist operation. On Friday, gunmen attacked a group of Egyptian Christians, who were travelling to the monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor in Minya province ( 245 km south of Cairo) , killing 29 people and wounding 25 others - with many children among the victims. Masrawi news portal conducted an interview with the driver. According to the site; it was a normal day for the 40 something driver. He was happy for completing his journey to the monastery of St. Samuel the Confessor in the city of El Adwa in Minya. The desert road leading to the monastery is unpaved and the mobile network signals are weak. He nearly stepped inside the monastery for he had travelled this trip more than once but the day changed unexpectedly. It was past 9 am on a quite peaceful day when a barrage of bullets penetrated the sides of the bus. Everyone shuddered in fear, while Boshra was forced to stop his bus. When the hustle of official attendance was over, with a barely audible voice, Boshra spoke to Masrawy from his room on the second floor of Nasser Institute. He said, "We were surprised by six masked men who opened fire on the bus. I was forced to stop because they hit the tires, then they entered the bus and randomly opened fire killing most of the passengers." The largest Coptic Christian group in Egypt is the Coptic Orthodox Church with a population of at least 7 million. The aim of these masked men was to kill but the bus driver pointed out that they stole the gold jewelry that the women were wearing as well as the mobile phones and money that passengers had in their possession.
