{"id":97611,"date":"2017-04-09T18:36:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T22:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=97611"},"modified":"2017-04-09T18:36:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T22:36:12","slug":"palm-sunday-blast-kills-21-injures-59-others-in-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/09\/palm-sunday-blast-kills-21-injures-59-others-in-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm Sunday blast kills 21, injures 59 others in Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The bombing came while the Copt marks the Palm Sunday. The death toll may increase because wounded people are in critical conditions. (Photo: Denise Krebs\/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CAIRO\u2013At least 21 people were killed and 59 others injured in an explosion inside a church in the Egyptian Nile delta city of Tanta on Sunday, the Egyptian Health Ministry said.<\/p>\n

An explosive device was planted in front seat of the church, State-run TV quoted a security sources as saying.<\/p>\n

Eyewitnesses said the explosion struck the crowd and caused destruction of a wall.<\/p>\n

The bombing came while the Copt marks the Palm Sunday. The death toll may increase because wounded people are in critical conditions.<\/p>\n

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.<\/p>\n

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi ordered all military hospitals to receive the wounded of the blast.<\/p>\n

Some 26 ambulances have been deployed at the Mar Girgis Coptic Church, about 120 km north of Cairo, Magdy Awad, head of the Ambulance Authority told Xinhua.<\/p>\n

The security forces intensified its presence around other churches, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The prime minister as well as the interior minister have gone to Tanta. An investigation was launched.<\/p>\n

Coptic Christians make up about 10 percent of Egypt’s population. They have largely coexisted peacefully with the majority-Muslim public for centuries.<\/p>\n

At the end of 2016, at least 29 people were killed and 31 wounded in an explosion that targeted the Cathedral of Saint Mark in the Abbasia district in Cairo.<\/p>\n

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