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   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian security officials say suspected militants   
   have killed two Christians in the restive north of the Sinai Peninsula, days   
   after an Islamic State affiliate vowed to step up a wave of attacks on the   
   embattled minority.   
      
   The officials said Saad Hana, 65, was shot dead and his son Medhat, 45, was   
   abducted and burned alive before their bodies were dumped on a roadside in   
   el-Arish on Wednesday.   
      
   The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized   
   to brief reporters.   
      
   Coptic Christians, who make up 10 percent of Egypt’s population, have   
   increasingly come under attack since the military overthrow of an elected   
   Islamist president in 2013. An IS video released this week cast them as allies   
   of the West in a war against    
   Islam and vowed further attacks.   
      
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