At least 21 people were killed on Sunday by an explosion in a church in the Nile delta city of Tanta, Egyptian state television reported. Islamic State's branch in Egypt, which has waged a low-level conflict for years in the Sinai peninsula, has stepped up attacks on Christians in Egypt in recent months. Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack. Egypt's Christian community has felt increasingly insecure since Islamic State spread through Iraq and Syria in 2014, ruthlessly targeting religious minorities. In 2015, 21 Egyptian Christians working in Libya were killed by Islamic State.

Source: India Today April 09, 2017 08:33 UTC