Palm Sunday church bombings

2017 Palm Sunday church bombings
Part of Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present)
Palm Sunday church bombings is located in Egypt
Tanta
Tanta
Alexandria
Alexandria
Palm Sunday church bombings (Egypt)
LocationTanta and Alexandria, Egypt
Coordinates30°47′34″N 31°00′19″E / 30.792838°N 31.005390°E / 30.792838; 31.005390 (Tanta), 31°11′54″N 29°53′59″E / 31.198363°N 29.899601°E / 31.198363; 29.899601 (Alexandria)
Date9 April 2017, Palm Sunday
TargetCoptic Christians
Attack type
Suicide Bombings
WeaponsExplosive vests
Deaths43
Injured136
Perpetrators ISIS
No. of participants
3
MotiveAnti-Christian sentiment fueled by radical Islamic extremism

On Palm Sunday, 9 April 2017, twin suicide bombings took place at St. George's Church in the northern Egyptian city of Tanta on the Nile delta, and Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, the principal church in Alexandria, seat of the Coptic papacy. At least 43 people were reported killed and 789 injured. [1] The attacks were carried out by a security detachment of ISIS.