Egypt’s Interior Minister on Monday ordered the transfer of Minya’s security chief after militants shot dead 29 Christians in the southern province, the first disciplinary action taken in response to the incident.

Masked gunmen on Friday boarded vehicles taking Coptic Christians to a monastery and opened fire at close range.

ISIL said it carried out the attack, the latest directed at the increasingly embattled Christian minority

Police Major General Faisal Doweidar will be transferred from his position as Minya security chief to a new post as deputy chief of security at the ministry, effective Wednesday, three security sources said.

Source: Reuters