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Tuesday, April 25, 2017
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Church bombings aim at Egypt’s unity, Coptic Pope says
The two church bombings that killed dozens in Egypt this month targeted unity among Muslims and Christians in the most populous Arab nation, Coptic Pope Tawadros II says.
Suicide bombers from the Islamic State group attacked two churches in the cities of Tanta and Alexandria on April 9, killing 45 people in the deadliest attacks on Coptic Christians in recent memory.
The attacks which hit on Palm Sunday “were not aimed at Copts only but at the heart of Egypt… They aimed at breaking the unity of Egyptians,” the Tawadros tells a news conference in Kuwait City.
“Unity among Egyptians has existed for the past 14 centuries and these attacks will not affect the Egyptian people,” he says.
— AFP
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