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Abbas condemns Coptic church bombings in Egypt

RAMALLAH, April 9, 2017 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas condemned on Sunday two church bombings in Egypt that killed at least 36 people and injured more than 100 on Sunday morning.

Abbas described the bombings as an act of “terror” and said he and the Palestinian people stand with the people and leadership of Egypt in their fight against “terrorism”.

Earlier this day, a bomb exploded in a Coptic church north of Cairo, killing at least 26 people and wounding more than 50 others, while a suicide bomber killed at least six people and injured 66 in front of a church in Alexandria.

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