Egypt FM says those behind Copt attack trained in Libya

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told his US counterpart Rex Tillerson that jihadists who attacked a Christian convoy had trained in Libyan militant camps, a statement said today.

Egypt carried out a number of air strikes on Islamist militant targets in Libya yesterday after jihadists shot dead 29 people heading in buses to a monastery south of Cairo.

Shoukry said "there was enough information and evidence of the terrorist elements involved in the (attack) having trained in these camps", a foreign ministry statement said.