Egypt on edge as Copts bury the dead

MISSING THEIR LOVED ONES: Women mourn for the bomb blast victims in Alexandria

Cairo - Daesh named the two attackers, whose noms de guerre suggest they were Egyptians.

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By AP, AFP

Published: Mon 10 Apr 2017, 11:00 PM

Last updated: Tue 11 Apr 2017, 1:14 AM

Egyptian Coptic Christians were burying their dead on Monday after Daesh suicide bombers killed at least 45 people in attacks on Palm Sunday services in two cities, as a state of emergency went into effect amid fears of further violence.
Daesh named the two attackers, whose noms de guerre suggest they were Egyptians.
Meanwhile, Pope Francis will visit Egypt as planned this month despite the weekend, a Vatican official said.
"There is no doubt the Holy Father will maintain his offer to go to Egypt" on April 28 and 29, Monsignor Angelo Becciu, the Holy See's number three, said in an interview published in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera on Monday. 

 

AP, AFP

Published: Mon 10 Apr 2017, 11:00 PM

Last updated: Tue 11 Apr 2017, 1:14 AM

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