According to ON Live, another bomb explosion took place at the Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria.
#عاجل | اللقطات الأولى للتفجير الذى حدث أمام #الكنيسة_المرقسية بـ #الأسكندرية#كنيسة_مارجرجس #طنطا #ONLIVE pic.twitter.com/IJWg97pZ10
— ONtvLIVE (@ONliveEgypt) April 9, 2017
The secretary of Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria has announced that the Pope was unharmed, and that the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber in front of the church’s gates.
#عاجل | سكرتير البابا تواضروس: انتحاري فجر نفسه أمام الكنيسة المرقسية بالإسكندرية #ONLIVE #كنيسة_مارجرجس #طنطا pic.twitter.com/6RQfyHRJHf
— ONtvLIVE (@ONliveEgypt) April 9, 2017
Reports from eyewitnesses on Masrawy.com claim that they saw a suicide bomber, around the age of 30 to 35, with a suicide belt. It was also reported that at least 20 people were killed and 10 were injured. The numbers, however, are not confirmed.
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According to ON Live, however, there are three confirmed deaths and 21 injured; one of the fallen victims was Emad Elrakaiby, a police officer who lost his life while trying to stop the suicide bomber. However, the Ministry of Health reported that six people were killed and 33 were injured.
#عاجل | 3 شهداء و21 مصابا نتيجة هجوم انتحاري على #الكنيسة_المرقسية بالإسكندرية #ONLIVE #كنيسة_مارجرجس #طنطا pic.twitter.com/J1g10n2xZ7
— ONtvLIVE (@ONliveEgypt) April 9, 2017
This incident happened right after another bomb earlier in the morning at Tanta occured, where 21 deaths have been confirmed, and 14 injured.
Update 4:48 pm, April 9th: The number confirmd deaths so far is 11, and at least 40 injured.
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