Grief, rage in Egyptian church after Copts attacked by gunmen

Relatives of victims of an attack that killed at least Coptic Christians on Friday react at the funeral in Minya, Egypt, May 26, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

DAYR JARNOUS, Egypt (Reuters) - Thousands of Christians, weeping and praying, gathered at a church in this small southern Egyptian village to mourn seven of their community who were among the more than two dozen Christians shot dead by unidentified gunmen earlier on Friday.

Their grief quickly turned to anger as funeral prayers at the Church of the Sacred Family in the village of Dayr Jarnous became a protest march with young men chanting as they carried a large wooden cross.