An explosion near a Coptic cathedral in the Egyptian capital has left at least 25 people dead and 31 others injured, local media reported. The blast occurred in Cairo’s Abbassyia district early Sunday morning, according to the government-sponsored Al-Ahram daily, citing the health ministry. “Security forces are searching and screening the area,” the Al-Ahram’s website reported. Al-Ahram reports the Coptic Church’s official spokesperson Rev. Paul Halim says the explosion took place in the small church of St. Peter and St. Paul attached to the cathedral. It is called St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral. The explosion comes just two days after two bombs killed six police officers and a civilian in Giza’s Haram district on the street leading to the pyramids.
Blast near Cairo cathedral kills at least 25
