Cairo Coptic cathedral blast kills at least 25

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A bombing at Egypt's main Coptic Christian cathedral has killed 25 people and injured another 49, according to Egyptian state television, making it one of the deadliest attacks carried out against the religious minority in recent memory. Meanwhile, mourners took to the streets to pay their respects to those who died in the bombing of the small church of St. Peter and St. Paul, which is attached to St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the city's Abbassiya district. On Friday, six policemen were killed in a bomb attack in Cairo claimed by a group suspected by authorities of links to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
A bombing in Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo kills at least 25 people and injures at least 49 others.