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Gunmen kill people including three police in attack on Coptic Church in Cairo

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah (second left) and  Pope Tawadros II, the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark Cathedral. Gunmen killed nine in a terror attack on a Coptic Church in Cairo Friday. [File photo]

CAIRO, Friday (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least nine people including three police in an attack on a Coptic Christian church south of Cairo on Friday, medical and security sources said.

The two attackers opened fire at the entrance to the church of Mar Mina in Helwan district, which was being guarded by police in the run-up to Orthodox Christmas celebrations next week, security sources said.

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