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Egypt Police on High Alert After Deadly Church Bombing in Cairo

© REUTERS / Mohamed Abd El GhanyA Coptic priest stands at the scene following a bombing inside Cairo's Coptic cathedral in Egypt December 11, 2016
A Coptic priest stands at the scene following a bombing inside Cairo's Coptic cathedral in Egypt December 11, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Egypt’s police forces were put on high alert following a deadly explosion at Cairo’s Coptic cathedral, the country’s Interior Ministry said in a statement.

Delga's Coptic priest Yuannas points at the damage in the historical Blessed Virgin church following an attack by masked Islamist men the previous month in the town of Delga, in the central Egyptian province of Minya, some of 400 kilometres south of Cairo, on September 29, 2013 - Sputnik International
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CAIRO (Sputnik) — In the framework of strengthening measures to prevent terrorist threat inside the country, the security of Egypt's state officials and key infrastructure would be tightened, the ministry statement said Sunday.

Earlier on Sunday, an attack cathedral claimed at least 28 lives and injured 70 more people. Another explosion took place in Cairo on Friday, killing at least six police officers and injuring six other people. A source said that a terrorist group affiliated with the Daesh jihadist organization might have been behind the deadly explosion.

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