Tanta’ St. George’s Church on Monday announced the death of the 30th victim of the church bombing which took place on Palm Sunday on April 9. The victim is named Paul Abdallah and his body will be transferred from Cairo, where he was being treated, to Tanta for burial, said the church statement. Tanta Archbishop announced the establishment of a special section for the martyrs of the Tanta church bombing containing the martyrs’ biographies. Two deadly suicide bombings targeted two churches in Egypt’s cities of Tanta and Alexandria on April 9, leading to the death of nearly 46 people. In related news, the death toll of the militant attack that targeted Minya Coptic bus on Friday morning reached 28, while 25 people were injured, according to a statement released by Minya governor Essam Bedwai.

Source: Egypt Independent May 29, 2017 12:56 UTC