Islamic State Kills Dozens in Egypt Palm Sunday Bombings
- Bombs went off at churches in Alexandria, Nile Delta’s Tanta
- Confrontation has reached ‘heart of Egypt,’ analyst says
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Suspected suicide bombers struck two Egyptian churches on Palm Sunday, killing more than 40 people in the deadliest assault on civilians since President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s election nearly three years ago.
Islamic State claimed the attacks on the St. George church in the Nile Delta city of Tanta and St. Mark’s cathedral in Alexandria, according to the U.S.-based SITE Intel Group, which monitors jihadist channels on social media. At least 27 people were killed in the Tanta bombing, the day’s first blast, Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Mogahed said. In Alexandria, at least 16 were killed in an attack on the seat of the Coptic Orthodox church there.