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- A bomb exploded during Sunday mass at a Cairo church Sunday, killing at least 25 people and wounding many more, including many women and children. The blast struck a chapel next to St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral. Named for St. Peter and St. Paul, the church is commonly known as El-Botroseya.
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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]
- 9 April 2017, Palm Sunday
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- Total: 47, Tanta: 30, Alexandria: 17
Dec 11, 2016 · 11 December 2016. Amateur footage reveals the anger and devastation inside the church. A bomb explosion in the Coptic Christian cathedral complex in the Egyptian capital Cairo has killed at least...
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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...
Apr 10, 2017 · Apr 11, 2017, 05:29 PM. Published. Apr 10, 2017, 12:04 PM. CAIRO - The twin church attacks in Egypt on Palm Sunday (April 9) - one of the holiest days in Christianity - were among the deadliest...
Apr 8, 2022 · By Heba Habib. 8 Apr 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...
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Apr 12, 2017 · Coptic Christians in Egypt have faced escalating threats since a December 11, 2016, ISIS suicide bombing at St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, which killed at least 25 people...
Apr 9, 2017 · Ruth Michaelson in Cairo. Sun 9 Apr 2017 12.11 EDT. Isis has claimed responsibility for two bomb blasts that struck Coptic churches in Egypt, killing at least 47 people as members of the...
