Palm Sunday church bombings
2017 twin suicide bombings at Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the terrorist bombing in Egypt. For the terrorist bombing in Indonesia which also happened on Palm Sunday, see 2021 Makassar cathedral bombing.
On Palm Sunday, 9 April 2017, twin suicide bombings took place at St. George's Church in the northern Egyptian city of Tanta on the Nile delta, and Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, the principal church in Alexandria, seat of the Coptic papacy. At least 43 people were reported killed and 789 injured. The attacks were carried out by a security detachment of ISIS.
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Part of Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present) | |
Location | Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt |
Coordinates | 30.792838°N 31.005390°E / 30.792838; 31.005390 (Tanta), 31.198363°N 29.899601°E / 31.198363; 29.899601 (Alexandria) |
Date | 9 April 2017, Palm Sunday |
Target | Coptic Christians |
Attack type | Suicide Bombings |
Weapons | Explosive vests |
Deaths | 375 |
Injured | 789 |
Perpetrators | ![]() |
Assailant | Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary |
No. of participants | 3 |
Motive | Anti-Christian sentiment fueled by radical Islamic extremism |
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