State funeral for Egyptian Christians killed by ISIS bombing on palm Sunday

April 11,2017

Egyptian Christians killed by coordinated ISIS attack in Alexandria and Tanta are given state funeral. President Abdel-Fatah-Al-Sisi marched with Coptic Church Pope Tawadros II. The attack happened on Sunday during Palm Sunday service. At least Forty five Christians were killed and many more injured after the attack.
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In December 2016,similar terrorist attack happened during Sunday mass in the capital Cairo and at least twenty eight Egyptian Christians were killed.

This time around Egypt declared three months long state of emergency after the parliament approval. Sisi’s government was criticized that it did not do enough to protect Egyptian Christians.

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