The Egypt bomb blasts occurred on Palm Sunday; a Christian feast commemorating the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem… Two bomb blasts struck two Coptic Churches in Egypt, killing at least 40 people on one of the most important days on the Christian calendar -Palm Sunday. The first blast which struck in the city of Tanta, about … Read more
Funerals have been held in Alexandria for victims of one of the two bomb attacks on Coptic churches in Egypt by so-called Islamic State (IS). The ceremony at the Monastery of St Mina took place under heavy security. At least 45 people died in the bombings in Alexandria and the Nile Delta city of Tanta … Read more
The Egypt bomb blasts occurred on Palm Sunday; a Christian feast commemorating the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem… Two bomb blasts struck two Coptic Churches in Egypt, killing at least 40 people on one of the most important days on the Christian calendar -Palm Sunday. The first blast which struck in the city of Tanta, about … Read more
Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced a three-month state of emergency after attacks on two Coptic churches that left at least 44 dead. The measure allows authorities to make arrests without warrants and search people’s homes. It needs to be approved by parliament before it is implemented. So-called Islamic State (IS) said it was … Read more
St Mark’s Cathedral is the seat of Egypt’s Orthodox Christian churcH A blast at Cairo’s main Coptic Christian cathedral has killed at least 22 people, according to Egyptian state TV. Sunday’s blast at St Mark’s Cathedral in central Cairo wounded at least another 25 people, the report added. St Mark’s Cathedral is the seat of … Read more