An explosion at Cairo's Coptic Orthodox cathedral complex Sunday kills at least 20 people and wounded 35 others. MENA, Egypt's official news agency, reports an assailant threw a bomb into a chapel at St. Mark's, in Cairo's Abbassia district.
Blast at Cairo’s Coptic Cathedral Kills 20
![Scene after the explosion inside the “Botrosia” church in Abbassya in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 11, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cd98630a-0858-4707-9ce5-e5935db39b4f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Scene after the explosion inside the “Botrosia” church in Abbassya in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 11, 2016.
![Priests, nuns and some of copts, who were attending the mass, are looking inside the “Botrosia” church in the cathedral complex following the blast in Abbasssya in Cairo, Dec. 11, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6daad826-607e-4ccf-a21c-9ae3e6142229_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Priests, nuns and some of copts, who were attending the mass, are looking inside the “Botrosia” church in the cathedral complex following the blast in Abbasssya in Cairo, Dec. 11, 2016.
![A botch of blood seen on the floor of the “Botrosia” Church inside the cathedral complex in Cairo, Dec. 11, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f353e37f-843a-4f30-9c78-e24e30a38f58_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A botch of blood seen on the floor of the “Botrosia” Church inside the cathedral complex in Cairo, Dec. 11, 2016.
![Priests and curate check the attacked church “Botrosia” following a blast in Cairo, Dec. 11, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fe297367-b899-4cde-bcf9-97a0440b7d71_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Priests and curate check the attacked church “Botrosia” following a blast in Cairo, Dec. 11, 2016.