At least 27 people died in a suicide bombing at Mari Girgis church in Tanta. A worshipper said “there wasn’t a complete corpse in the place” KHALED ELFIQI/EPADozens of Coptic Christians were killed when two bombs were detonated in coordinated attacks on churches as worshippers celebrated Palm Sunday. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for both suicide bombs, the first of which, at Mari Girgis (St George’s) church in Tanta, 60 miles north of Cairo, killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 70 just after 9am. Four hours later police officers stopped a suicide bomber entering St Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria, but he detonated his bomb, killing 17 people. Isis said that there were more attacks to come, and a third bomb was found at a nearby church and defused.

Source: The Times April 09, 2017 23:08 UTC