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Copts victims of another atrocity. Looks like 'ISIS Sinai' in a vicious Palm Sunday attack.
The M-E's largest Christian population had long been persecuted both officially and unofficially.
Many have left since 'Arab Spring'/Nuclear Winter for Christians.
Still they are the M-E largest Christian enclave: 10% of Egypt's 92 Million population.
But the sentiment against them has changed of late, as ISIS is seen as a common enemy.
Three of the dead were policemen who tried to prevent a bomber from entering one of the two churches.
Blasts Hit Two Egyptian Churches, Killing at Least 43
Churches in Tanta, Alexandria were packed with worshipers on Coptic Christian Palm Sunday
By DAHLIA KHOLAIF in Cairo/TAMER EL-GHOBASHY in Erbil, Iraq
Updated April 9, 2017 10:45 a.m. ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/egyptian-church-hit-by-bomb-blast-1491727099
Also
Palm Sunday attacks: 43 dead, more than 100 injured in church bombings carried out by ISIS in Egypt | Fox News
Bombings at Egyptian Coptic churches on Palm Sunday kill 43 | Reuters
The M-E's largest Christian population had long been persecuted both officially and unofficially.
Many have left since 'Arab Spring'/Nuclear Winter for Christians.
Still they are the M-E largest Christian enclave: 10% of Egypt's 92 Million population.
But the sentiment against them has changed of late, as ISIS is seen as a common enemy.
Three of the dead were policemen who tried to prevent a bomber from entering one of the two churches.
Blasts Hit Two Egyptian Churches, Killing at Least 43
Churches in Tanta, Alexandria were packed with worshipers on Coptic Christian Palm Sunday
By DAHLIA KHOLAIF in Cairo/TAMER EL-GHOBASHY in Erbil, Iraq
Updated April 9, 2017 10:45 a.m. ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/egyptian-church-hit-by-bomb-blast-1491727099
...The attacks raise fresh questions about the ability of President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi’s government to protect the minority group, and come just weeks ahead of an expected first visit to Egypt by Pope Francis.
The first explosion targeted the Mar Girgis Church in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, some 60 miles north of Cairo, as worshipers attended morning services. Security officials said an unknown assailant planted a bomb under a seat in the main hall."
Shortly after, a suicide bomber attempted to enter Saint Mark’s Orthodox Cathedral in the center of the coastal city of Alexandria, blowing himself up at the entrance after being stopped by police, the interior ministry said.
The cathedral is a major landmark in the city and had been the historic seat of the Coptic Pope.".."
Also
Palm Sunday attacks: 43 dead, more than 100 injured in church bombings carried out by ISIS in Egypt | Fox News
Bombings at Egyptian Coptic churches on Palm Sunday kill 43 | Reuters
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