2017 Minya bus attack: what Wikipedia removed
The 2017 Minya bus attack killed at least 33 Coptic Christians traveling to a monastery in Egypt, an attack claimed by ISIS. The 2020 opening’s descriptor line read “Terrorist attack on a convoy carrying Copts to the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor in Egypt.” Today’s descriptor reads simply “Attack in Egypt,” though terror survives 14 times in the body. A reader today does not learn from the opening that this was classified as a terrorist attack.
The word “terror” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2020. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 14. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- A reader no longer learns that the opening’s descriptor line once called this a terrorist attack.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2020 (revision 961109614):
Terrorist attack on a convoy carrying Copts to the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor in Egypt This article is about 2017 Minya bus attack. For the similar terrorist incident in the same place in November 2018, see 2018 Minya bus attack . On 26 May 2017, masked gunmen opened fire on a convoy carrying Copts from Maghagha in Egypt ‘s Minya Governorate to the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor , killing at least 28 people and injuring 22 others. ^ “ISIS claims responsibility for killing 29 Coptic Christians in Egypt” . Nine.com.au . Retrieved 28 May 2017 . ^ http://www.alarabiya.net/ar/north-africa/2017/10/07/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8…
2025 (revision 1272729871):
Attack in Egypt On 26 May 2017, masked gunmen opened fire on a convoy carrying Copts from Maghagha in Egypt ‘s Minya Governorate to the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor , killing at least 33 people and injuring 22 others. ^ “ISIS claims responsibility for killing 29 Coptic Christians in Egypt” . Nine.com.au . Retrieved 28 May 2017 . ^ ليبيا.. اعترافات مثيرة للشاهد على ذبح الأقباط . العربية . 7 October 2017. ^ لماذا اعتمد المجمع المقدس 15 فبراير عيدًا لشهداء الكنيسة؟ . مصراوي.كوم . ^ اليوم.. نقل رفات شهداء دير الأنبا صموئيل إلى مزار خاص داخل كنيسة الجرنوس . مصراوي.كوم . ^ “Gunmen kill at least 28 Coptic Christians in central Egypt” . The Washington Post . Retrieved 27 May 2017 . ^ “Egy…
Related
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