Egypt Coptic church blast 'kills at least 13' in Nile Delta

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

At least 13 people have been killed in an explosion at a church in northern Egypt, state media say.

The blast targeted St George's Coptic church in the city of Tanta in the Nile Delta.

A number of television channels said at least 40 people had been injured in the Palm Sunday attack.

The cause of the explosion is not yet known but Egypt's Christian minority has often been targeted by Islamist militants in recent years.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39544451

[oberliner]

1. Egypt Church Bombing Kills at Least 21, Wounding 59

A bomb exploded in a church packed with Palm Sunday worshipers north of the Egyptian capital, killing some 21 people and wounding 59 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 Egypt.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/egypt-church-bombing-kills-least-21-wounding-59-n744296

Egypt is a country where there truly is a war on Christians.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Another church bombed - at least 31 dead in all

At least 31 people have died in Egypt after blasts targeted Coptic Christians on Palm Sunday.

Six people were killed when an explosion struck outside St Mark's Coptic Church in Alexandria, according to official sources.

Pope Tawadros II, head of the Coptic Church, had been attending mass inside.

Twenty-five people had died in an earlier blast at St George's Coptic church, in the city of Tanta, about 130km (80 miles) south-east.

According to state media, Pope Tawadros is unhurt. His secretary said the attack in Alexandria was carried out by a suicide bomber who struck outside the church.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39544451

[littlemissmartypants]

3. This is so sad. eom

[Rustyeye77]

4. Apparently ISIS has claimed responsibility.

[Baclava]

5. ISIS claims responsibility for Palm Sunday church bombings in Egypt

The death toll rose to at least 49 Monday, state media reported. At least 27 people died in a blast inside a church in the northern city of Tanta, and 78 people were injured, according to Egypt's state-run news agency Al-Ahram.

In Alexandria, 18 civilians and four police officers were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Coptic church, Al-Ahram said.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/09/middleeast/egypt-church-explosion/

[Rustyeye77]

6. I hate those fundies.