Explosion at Egypt Nile Delta church kills at least 25, injures 60

Record ID: 572410

  • Title: Explosion at Egypt Nile Delta church kills at least 25, injures 60
  • Date: 9th April 2017
  • Summary: TANTA, EGYPT (APRIL 9, 2017) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BLOODSTAINED CHURCH PEWS AND WRECKAGE / PEOPLE WALKING BETWEEN WRECKAGE VARIOUS OF CONGREGATION STANDING AROUND VARIOUS OF BLOODSTAINS ON THE FLOOR VARIOUS OF PEOPLE IN CHURCH
  • Embargoed: 23rd April 2017 12:54
  • Keywords: Coptic church Egypt Tanta attack violence
  • Location: TANTA, EGYPT
  • City: TANTA, EGYPT
  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Bombing (non-military),Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016BOF7LZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC MATERIAL
    PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT
    At least 25 people were killed and 60 injured on Sunday (April 9) when an explosion rocked a Coptic church in Egypt's Nile Delta, state television reported, the latest assault on a religious minority that has increasingly been targeted by Islamist militants.
    Mobile phone video from inside the church obtained by Reuters showed wrecked church pews and shocked congregation standing inside. Blood stains could be seen on the floor and wrecked furniture.
    There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The cause of the blast, just one week before Coptic Easter and the same month that Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Egypt, was not known.
    The bombing in Tanta, a Nile Delta city less than 100 kilometres outside Cairo, comes as Islamic State's branch in Egypt appears to be stepping up attacks on Christians and threatening them in messages blasted out to followers.
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