International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that following today’s conclusion of mass at Mar Mina Church in Helwan City, terrorists attacked the church as congregants were exiting to attend Sunday School. One of the attackers was wearing a suicide vest and attempted to enter the church, but was prevented by police.
One of the Sunday School teachers, Ihab, shared with ICC, “Following the end of the church mass, as the congregation of the church began to leave and I began to collect the children to start Sunday School, we heard shooting outside the church. There was a situation of terror among all the people inside the yard: they all were screaming and running. The situation was terrible, the sound of the shooting was very dense and lasted more than 20 minutes. Many of the congregation who were in the church yard preparing to leave hurried inside when they heard the shooting. They hid inside the church and closed its inside door.”
He continued, “The situation was very terrible, it was like war against the church, the sound of the shooting was very terrifying. Those terrorists used automatic weapons.”
A member of the congregation, Abanoub, added, “These terrorists arranged the attack of the church with precision. They knew everything about the church and the time of the ending the mass…One of them was wearing [a] suicide vest under his clothes and tried to enter the church while the…
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