Militants kill Christian in Egypt's Sinai, second in a week
EL-ARISH - Suspected Islamic militants gunned down a Coptic Christian teacher on his way to school in northern Sinai on Thursday, the second killing of a Christian in less than a week in the turbulent region, officials said.
The 50-year-old Gamal Tawfiq was shot in the head by two militants on a motorbike who were following him as he walked from home to work at El-Samran School in the morning in the city of el-Arish. A security official said the Islamic State's affiliate in Sinai is suspected in the killing.
A school official confirmed Tawfiq's death to The Associated Press but declined to give details.
