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In pictures: Mourning in Egypt
Funerals and Mass held for 21 people killed by car bombing outside a church in Alexandria on New Year’s Day.
People mourned in Egypt a day after 21 Coptic Christians were killed by a car bombing outside a church in Alexandria [AFP]
Published On 2 Jan 2011
2 Jan 2011
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A Mass was held on Sunday at al-Qiddissine (The Saints) church - outside which the car bomb exploded - and those killed were commemorated [AFP]
The New Year(***)s day explosion also injured more than 90 people [AFP]
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack [AFP]
Funerals were held for the dead at Alexandria(***)s Mar Mina (Saint Mina) monastery [AFP]
Tensions have been high between Egyptian Christians and security forces since the attack [AFP]