Bombings at Egyptian Coptic churches kill 36, injure more than 100

Record ID: 573468

  • Title: Bombings at Egyptian Coptic churches kill 36, injure more than 100
  • Date: 9th April 2017
  • Summary: TANTA, EGYPT (APRIL 9, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CHURCH FROM TOP, CROWD GATHERED OUTSIDE, PEOPLE STANDING BY GATE WINDOW GLASS OF CHURCH SHATTERED PEOPLE STANDING INSIDE CHURCH PRIEST AND OTHERS INSIDE CHURCH CROWD IN STREET NEARBY (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RELATIVE OF VICTIMS, WAHBY LAMIE, SAYING: "They won't be able to divide us, but the situation is painful. The situation is painful. The situation makes one unable to control oneself. It's not fair. And this is all new to us. The authorities have received warnings before that the church is being targeted. Why weren't proper measures taken to protect people?" VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE CHURCH VARIOUS OF SECURITY OUTSIDE CHURCH (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MUSLIM MOURNER, AHMED ABDEL HADY, SAYING: "Muslims and Christians are as one. Muslims and Christians are united. And we all must say that. And this is a criminal operation. Islam has nothing to do with what happened. Because Muslims and Christians have always been as one." SECURITY AT BLAST SITE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE AMBULANCE NEAR CHURCH CHURCH SHATTERED WINDOW GLASS
  • Embargoed: 23rd April 2017 15:57
  • Keywords: Egypt bomb attacks churches Palm Sunday
  • Location: TANTA, EGYPT / INTERNET
  • City: TANTA, EGYPT / INTERNET
  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016BOFNEV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: At least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in bomb attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday (April 9), in the latest assault on a religious minority increasingly targeted by Islamist militants.
    The first bombing, in Tanta, a Nile Delta city less than 100 kilometers outside Cairo, killed at least 25 and injured at least 78, Egypt's Ministry of Health said.
    The second, carried out just a few hours later by a suicide bomber in Alexandria, hit the historic seat of the Coptic Pope, killing 11, including three police officers, and injuring 35, the ministry added.
    Islamic State was responsible for the bombings, the group's news agency Amaq said.
    The attacks come a week before Coptic Easter and in the same month that Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Egypt.
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