CAIRO, Dec. 29 -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi mourned on Friday the victims of a terror attack that targeted Christian believers outside a church in Cairo.
Such terrorist attacks will not weaken the determination of the Egyptian people to purge Egypt of terrorism, Sisi said in a statement released by the Egyptian presidency.
The Egyptian president thanked the security men guarding the church for their heroic role in foiling the terrorist attack, ordering all state bodies to provide all possible support for the families of the victims and the injured alike.
At least ten people were killed in a shootout outside Mar Mina church in Cairo district of Helwan on Friday.
Egyptian Health Ministry said the ten killed include one attacker and one policeman, who are Muslims, and eight Copts.
The ministry added that at least five others were wounded, with two of them being in serious conditions.
The attack came in the run-up to Orthodox Christmas celebrations next week.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. However, Fingers are pointed at a Sinai-based group loyal to Islamic State (IS) group, which has killed dozens of Christians, who make up about 10 percent of the country's 93 million population, across the country over the past few years.
Eyewitnesses told Xinhua that the two masked militants on a motorcycle have entered the street leading to the western side of the church, and then they got off the ride and targeted the security post outside the church.
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