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Botroseya Church bombing
| Botroseya Church bombing | |
|---|---|
 Church of SS. Peter and Paul in 2010 | |
| Location | Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt |
| Date | 11 December 2016 10:00 (UTC+02:00) |
| Target | Coptic Christians |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Weapons | Suicide vest |
| Deaths | 29[1][2] |
| Injured | 47 |
| Perpetrators |  Islamic State - Sinai Province[3][4] |
| Assailant | Mahmoud Shafiq Mohammed Mustafa[3] |
Martyrs of Botroseya Church | |
|---|---|
| Martyrs | |
| Died | 11 December 2016 |
| Venerated in | Coptic Orthodox Church |
| Feast | |
On 11 December 2016, a suicide bomber killed 29 people and injured 47 others at St. Peter and St. Paul's Church (commonly known as El-Botroseya Church[6]), a chapel next to Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope, in Cairo's Abbasia district. Egypt's President, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi identified the bomber as 22-year-old Mahmoud Shafiq Mohammed Mustafa, who had worn a suicide vest. el-Sisi reported that three men and a woman have been arrested in connection with the attack; two others are being sought. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.[7][8][9]
- ^ "Botroseya church bombing death toll rises to 29 victims". Egypt Independent. 4 February 2017.
- ^ "Child victim of Egypt church attack dies; death toll now 27". Times Colonist. The Associated Press. 20 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ a b Watkinson, William (13 December 2016). "Isis says it was behind Cairo Coptic Christian church suicide bombing that killed 25".
- ^ Staff writer (13 December 2016). "ISIS claims deadly Cairo church bombing". Al Arabiya English. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "لماذا اعتمد المجمع المقدس 15 فبراير عيدًا لشهداء الكنيسة؟...مصراوى". Archived from the original on 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ Chappell, Bill (11 December 2016). "Bomb Hits Coptic Christian Church In Cairo, Killing At Least 25". NPR.
- ^ "ISIS Claims Responsibility for Egypt Church Bombing and Warns of More to Come". The New York Times. 14 December 2016.
- ^ al arabiya.net.
- ^ "Egypt's Christians in the cross-hairs".
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حادث الكنيسة البطرسية Arabic تفجير الكنيسه البطرسيه ARZ Qibti kafedralına terror hücumu (Qahirə, 2016) AZ Atemptat del Caire de desembre de 2016 Catalan Anschlag in der Kirche St. Peter und Paul (Kairo) German Atentado contra la iglesia de San Pedro y San Pablo Spanish بمبگذاری کلیسای جامع ارتدوکس قبطی سنت مارک FA Attentat de l'église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul du Caire French Buamáil Eaglais Botroseya GA הפיגוע בכנסיית אל-בוטרוסייה HE
