Post by Daniel on Apr 9, 2017 9:14:21 GMT -5
At least 37 killed in onslaught on Egyptian Copts on Palm Sunday
By Times of Israel staff
April 9, 2017
An explosion struck Sunday near a church in Alexandria, hours after a bomb gutted a church north of Cairo, in an apparent concerted attack on Egypt’s Coptic community to coincide with Palm Sunday services.
According to the Health Ministry, at least 11 people were killed and 33 wounded when a car bomb detonated outside the St. Mark’s Church in the coastal city of Alexandria. State television reported that it was a suicide attack.
Egypt’s Coptic Church said Pope Tawadros II had attended Palm Sunday mass there. It wasn’t immediately clear whether he was still in the building at the time of the attack. His office confirmed that he was unharmed.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, which came a week before Easter.
more
www.timesofisrael.com/at-least-6-said-killed-in-second-egyptian-church-blast/
By Times of Israel staff
April 9, 2017
An explosion struck Sunday near a church in Alexandria, hours after a bomb gutted a church north of Cairo, in an apparent concerted attack on Egypt’s Coptic community to coincide with Palm Sunday services.
According to the Health Ministry, at least 11 people were killed and 33 wounded when a car bomb detonated outside the St. Mark’s Church in the coastal city of Alexandria. State television reported that it was a suicide attack.
Egypt’s Coptic Church said Pope Tawadros II had attended Palm Sunday mass there. It wasn’t immediately clear whether he was still in the building at the time of the attack. His office confirmed that he was unharmed.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, which came a week before Easter.
more
www.timesofisrael.com/at-least-6-said-killed-in-second-egyptian-church-blast/
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