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Egypt: Many killed in explosion at Coptic Christian church
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<blockquote data-quote="Brent W" data-source="post: 71102250" data-attributes="member: 374904"><p>At least 15 people were killed by an explosion at a Coptic Christian church in northern Egypt during a service to celebrate Palm Sunday, state media reported.</p><p></p><p>An additional 40 others were wounded in the blast at St. George (Mar Girgis) Coptic church in Tanta, according to state-run al-Ahram newspaper.</p><p>Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter, and marks the start of Holy Week for Christians.</p><p></p><p>Copts face persecution and discrimination that has spiked since the toppling of<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/07/world/meast/hosni-mubarak---fast-facts/" target="_blank"> </a>Hosni Mubarak's regime in 2011. Dozens have been killed in sectarian clashes. In December, an attack at a Coptic church in Cairo killed 25 people.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/09/middleeast/egypt-church-explosion/" target="_blank">Egypt: 15 killed in blast at Coptic Christian church - CNN.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brent W, post: 71102250, member: 374904"] At least 15 people were killed by an explosion at a Coptic Christian church in northern Egypt during a service to celebrate Palm Sunday, state media reported. An additional 40 others were wounded in the blast at St. George (Mar Girgis) Coptic church in Tanta, according to state-run al-Ahram newspaper. Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter, and marks the start of Holy Week for Christians. Copts face persecution and discrimination that has spiked since the toppling of[URL='http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/07/world/meast/hosni-mubarak---fast-facts/'] [/URL]Hosni Mubarak's regime in 2011. Dozens have been killed in sectarian clashes. In December, an attack at a Coptic church in Cairo killed 25 people. [URL="http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/09/middleeast/egypt-church-explosion/"]Egypt: 15 killed in blast at Coptic Christian church - CNN.com[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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