Egypt: 21 killed in explosion at Coptic Christian church

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Egypt: 21 killed in explosion at Coptic Christian church

By Faith Karimi and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN

Updated 5:24 AM ET, Sun April 9, 2017


(CNN)At least 21 people were killed by an explosion at a Coptic Christian church in northern Egypt during a service to celebrate Palm Sunday, state television reported.
An additional 50 others were wounded in the blast at St. George (Mar Girgis) Coptic church in Tanta, it said.
Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter, and marks the start of Holy Week for Christians.

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 By Joe Sterling, Faith Karimi and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN
Updated 8:46 AM ET, Sun April 9, 2017

(CNN)Bombs targeted two Coptic churches in Egypt as the Christian faithful observed Palm Sunday, one of the most important days on the religion's calendar.

A powerful blast rippled through a Palm Sunday service at a Coptic Christian church in the northern Egypian city of Tanta, killing 25 people and wounding 60 others, state TV reported. The explosive device at St. George's Coptic church in Tanta was planted under a seat in the church, where it detonated in the main prayer hall, it said.

At least 11 people were killed and 35 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack outside Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria, according to two state-news outlets. Egyptian state media also reports that the head of Egypt's Coptic Church Pope Tawadros II was inside the Church when the blast happened. He was not injured.  ...

More at CNN, including video

[TomSea]

I heard the number is up to 37 now. I know they are on the watch for these events at churches so I am wondering how it happened. Great tragedy, we are almost becoming desensitized to these horrors and what I mean, is we just had a terror attack in Sweden; but it is becoming commonplace, Monday, St. Petersburg, many of these incidences.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Palm Sunday attacks: 43 dead, more than 100 injured in church bombings carried out by ISIS in Egypt
Fox News, Apr 9, 2017

At least 43 people were killed and more than 100 injured in two separate Palm Sunday attacks at Coptic Christian churches in Egypt, each carried out by the ISIS terror group.

The first blast happened at St. George Church in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, where at least 27 people were killed and 78 others wounded, officials said.

Television footage showed the inside of the church, where a large number of people gathered around what appeared to be lifeless, bloody bodies covered with papers.

A second explosion – which Egypt’s Interior Ministry says was caused by a suicide bomber who tried to storm St. Mark's Cathedral in the coastal city of Alexandria -- left at least 16 dead, and 41 injured. The attack came just after Pope Tawadros II -- leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria -- finished services, but aides told local media that he was unharmed.

At least three police officers were killed in the St. Mark’s attack, the ministry told The Associated Press.

ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks via its Aamaq media agency, following the group's recent video vowing to step up attacks against Christians, who the group describes as "infidels" empowering the West against Muslims.

'CHRISTIANS ARE OUR FAVORITE PREY,' ISIS SAYS

The blasts came at the start of Holy Week leading up to Easter, and just weeks before Pope Francis is due to visit Egypt, the Arab world's most populous country.

"Either a bomb was planted or someone blew himself up," provincial governor Ahmad Deif told the state-run Nile TV channel, Sky News reported.

The attack in Tanta was the latest in a series of assaults on Egypt's Christian minority, which makes up around 10 percent of the population and has been repeatedly targeted by Islamic extremists.


More: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/09/egypt-church-bombing-kills-at-least-21.html

[TomSea]

Fox said the suicide bomber was directed to a metal detector and that is when he set the bomb off,

Maybe calling it a false flag will work for some.

[Sanguine]

Fox said the suicide bomber was directed to a metal detector and that is when he set the bomb off,

Maybe calling it a false flag will work for some.

Who is calling this a false flag?

[Right_in_Virginia]

TRUMP 24/7‏ @MichaelDelauzon 10m10 minutes ago More
President Trump spoke with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah to condemn today's attack in Cairo. And extend deep condolences to the families.