Egyptian Church Blast Kills at Least 13 Church in town of Tanta was packed with worshipers on Coptic Christian Palm Sunday
https://www.wsj.com/articles/egyptian-church-hit-by-bomb-blast-1491727099
CAIRO—A bomb has struck a church north of Cairo, killing at least 13 people and wounding 25 others, Egypt’s Health Ministry said.
The attack took place on the Coptic Christian Palm Sunday, when the church in the Nile Delta town of Tanta was packed with worshipers. Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed confirmed the toll from the attack in an interview with CBC TV. The state-run MENA news agency provided the same death toll and said 35 were wounded.
CBC showed footage from inside the church, where a large number of people gathered around what appeared to be lifeless, bloody bodies covered with papers.
Christians make up around 10% of Egypt’s population and have repeatedly been targeted by Islamic extremists.
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