This Egyptian Gazette article covers the issue of the train shooting in Minya on Tuesday night. Prosecutors have detained the 23-year old policeman who allegedly opened fire while on a Cairo-bound train, killing a 71-year-old Copt, while wounding his wife and four others, all of whom are Christian.

Copts protested outside a hospital in Samallūt after the attack, but the police allegedly dispersed them using tear gas. This crime came less than two weeks after the attack on the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter.

This report claims that the policeman, who was arrested in his house, said that he had felt frustrated because he did not have enough money, but that he was not specifically targeting Christians. Minya's governor also denied that the attack was religiously motivated.

In contrast, a local priest said that the killer specifically looked for women without a head covering, shouting "Allahu Akbar" before raising his gun.