2 Coptic Christian churches bombed in Egypt on Palm Sunday, 41 dead
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[QUOTE]CAIRO (AP) — A bomb exploded in a church north of Cairo that was packed with Palm Sunday worshippers, killing at least 26 people and wounding 71 others, officials said.
The attack in the Nile Delta town of 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. It comes just weeks before Pope Francis is due to visit the Arab world’s most populous country.
CBC TV showed footage from inside the Mar Girgis church, where a large number of people gathered around what appeared to be lifeless, bloody bodies covered with papers. Regional Deputy Health Minister Mohammed Sharshar confirmed the toll.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE]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.
The earlier blast at a church in Tanta, north of Cairo, killed 30 people and wounded some 71, officials said, in an apparent attack on Coptic worshipers.
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All I can say is that I hope the victim's families can find peace and that the bastards who carried out the attacks will be caught and put away for an eternity.
I hope we don't see more attacks next week.
If only putting an end to terrorism was simple...
Those poor people dying for nothing
ISIS claimed responsibility
[QUOTE=RzDat;52080080]If only putting an end to terrorism was simple...
Those poor people dying for nothing[/QUOTE]
One of the first steps is to protect those who are most prone to becoming victims of terrorism, which is occurs commonly in the Middle East and those with Arabic populations.
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