Egypt says suspects in attack against Christians killed

Egypt said security forces killed 19 militants in a shootout, including the gunmen suspected of killing seven Christians in an attack on pilgrims traveling to a remote monastery.

The Interior Ministry said Sunday the militants were tracked to a desert hideout west of the central Minya province, where Friday’s attack took place. Last year, an attack targeting pilgrims traveling to the monastery of St. Samuel the Confessor killed 29.