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| At least 21 dead after blast near church in Egyptian city 90km from Cairo | |
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| At least 21 people were killed and 38 injured in an explosion inside a church in Egypt’s Tanta, north of Cairo, AP reports, citing the head of the provincial ambulance service Magdi Awad. | |
| The news agency adds that 38 people were wounded in the incident, which Al-Arabiya called a “bombing.” | |
| However, there is no official information on what exactly caused the explosion. | However, there is no official information on what exactly caused the explosion. |
| A second blast occurred near a police training area in the same town, according to local Daily News Egypt. | A second blast occurred near a police training area in the same town, according to local Daily News Egypt. |
| The deadly attack occurred on Palm Sunday, which commemorates the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast. | |
| The town of Tanta was the target of a terrorist attack just a few days ago, when 16 people were wounded in a police training center bombing on April 1. A militant group called Liwa al-Thawra, believed to be linked to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, claimed responsibility for that assault. | |
| One of the deadliest attacks on the Christian minority in Egypt occurred last December, when a local Islamic State (IS, Formerly ISIS/ISIL) affiliate killed dozens of people in a suicide bombing in the largest Cairo Coptic Cathedral. The Christian minority represents 10 percent of the country’s 90 million people. |