Knifeman arrested after attacking Egypt church guard

Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-16 04:09:41|Editor: huaxia
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CAIRO, July 15 (Xinhua) -- A security guard was wounded on Saturday at a church in Egypt's seaside city of Alexandria as a man attacked him with a blade, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said in a statement.

The arrested 24-year-old Muslim man, a jobless law college graduate, attacked the guard, 47, with a blade on the neck after the latter questioned his reasons for getting into the Tow Saints (Al-Qiddisain) Church in eastern Alexandria, said the statement.

The police is currently interrogating the assailant and probing into the accident and the motives behind it, saying the young man did not have anything else harmful or legally prohibited in his possession.

It is the same church where a terror blast back on 2011 Christmas eve killed at least 24 and wounded about 90 Copts. Enditem

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