Two separate church bombings in Egypt killed at least 29 people and injured dozens more on Palm Sunday. The first took place in the Morning, when bomb went off near a Coptic church in Tanta, a city in Egypt’s Nile Delta, killing at least 26 people.
A second blast went off in the city of Alexandria a few hours later, killing at least six people and wounding 33.
The first blast occurred near the St. George Coptic Church.
#BREAKING: 1st images of the scene inside the church and moment of the explosion in #Tarta pic.twitter.com/fEaLlovuV3
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) April 9, 2017
The second explosion went off outside of St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria, where the Coptic pope was holding a mass, on Sunday afternoon. Egyptian state media has reported that it was a suicide bombing.
Footage shows aftermath of bomb blast in #Alexandria, outside St. Mark’s Coptic church.. #Egypt pic.twitter.com/IYionggobg
— Raveen Aujmaya (@raveenaujmaya) April 9, 2017
Eleven are reported killed. The office of the pope confirmed that he was unharmed in the blast.
Coptic Christians, who make up about 10 percent of Egypt’s total population, are increasingly marginalized in Egypt as they are targeted by extremists Muslims. In December, 25 Christian worshippers were killed in a terror bombing at Cairo’s Cathedral of St. Mark.
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Source: Israel in the News
