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Dec 12, 2016 · A bomb ripped through the chapel in the cathedral complex in central Cairo, killing 25 people and wounding another 49, mostly women and children, one of the deadliest attacks on the country’s ...
On Palm Sunday, 9 April 2017, twin suicide bombings took place at St. George's Church in the northern Egyptian city of Tanta on the Nile delta, and Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, the principal church in Alexandria, seat of the Coptic papacy. At least 375 people were reported killed and 789 injured. [1]
Dec 11, 2016 · A bomb explosion in the Coptic Christian cathedral complex in the Egyptian capital Cairo has killed at least 25 people, officials say. Dozens of others were injured in the blast in a chapel...
- The Bombings Came After ISIS Threatened It Would Step Up Attacks on Christians in Egypt in the Lead Up to Easter. The bombings at two Coptic Christian churches on Palm Sunday, the day of observation that begins Holy Week, came after ISIS claimed it would be stepping up attacks on Christians in Egypt during the lead up to Easter, the Associated Press reports.
- The Bomb at Saint George Church in Tanta Was Placed Under a Seat in the Main Prayer Hall. The blast at Saint George Church in Tanta killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 70 others, CNN reports.
- A Suicide Bomber Killed At Least 11 People in the Attack Outside Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria. The attack in Alexandria, which killed at least 11 people, was a suicide bombing, NBC News reports.
- Copts in Egypt Are Among the Oldest Christian Communities in the Middle East & Have Long Faced Discrimination & Attacks. Copts in Egypt are among the oldest Christian communities in the Middle East and have long been the target of discrimination and attacks, experts say.
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Apr 8, 2022 · Beshoy Abd el-Malak, an Alexandria-based plumber, spent the night before Palm Sunday in 2017 weaving palm fronds into crosses and hearts at home with his family. This is part of the Coptic...
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Apr 9, 2017 · A t least 43 people were killed and 100 were wounded in bombings at two Coptic churches in Egypt as worshippers were celebrating Palm Sunday.
Apr 11, 2017 · A general view shows people gathering outside the Mar Girgis Coptic Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120km north of Cairo, after a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to celebrate...
