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There have been no reports of Malaysians injured in the armed attacks on vehicles carrying Coptic Christians in Minya, Egypt, yesterday.

Gunmen attacked a group of Coptic Christians travelling to a monastery in southern Egypt on Friday, killing 28 people and wounding 25 others, and many children were among the victims.

There have been no reports of Malaysians injured in the bomb attacks in Egypt, said Wisma Putra.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today condemned the attacks on two Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt.

Qatar strongly condemned the explosion at two churches in Egypt Sunday, killing at least 43 and wounding 119 others, Qatar News Agency reported.

At least 44 people were killed in bomb attacks on the symbolic cathedral seat of the Coptic Pope and another church on Palm Sunday.

At least 25 people were killed and 60 injured on Sunday when an explosion rocked a Coptic church in Egypt's Nile Delta, state television reported, the latest effort on a religious minority.

The blast ripped through the church around 10:00 am (0800 GMT), Egyptian security officials said.

The abductions took place on Tuesday after IS seized two Assyrian villages from Kurdish forces in the province of Hassakeh.

Following the executions of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians on Sunday, it seems that the IS has an ulterior motive as opposed to merely wanting to establish a caliphate across the region.

United States condemned as "despicable" the Islamic State group's apparent beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya.

The Islamic State group in Libya released a video on Sunday purportedly showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians.

One person has been killed in clashes at Cairo's Coptic cathedral after funeral prayers for four Christians during which angry Copts chanted against Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, an official said.

Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi is considering rescheduling parliamentary elections after Coptic Christians complained they would clash with the Easter period.

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