At least five people have been killed after a gunman opened fire on a Coptic church near the Egyptian capital, Cairo, Egypt's health ministry said.
The attacker wounded five security guards before trying to enter Marmina Church in Helwan City, south of Cairo, on Friday.
Security forces later killed the gunman.
Local reports said there was a second attacker, and claimed that policemen were among the victims.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL , also known as ISIS) has frequently targeted Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Christians this year.
In May, the armed group attacked Copts travelling to a monastery in central Egypt, killing 29 people. A month earlier, 44 people were killed in bomb attacks at a cathedral and another church on Palm Sunday
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