Botroseya Church bombing
| Botroseya Church bombing | |
|---|---|
Church of SS. Peter and Paul in September 2010 | |
| Location | Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt |
| Date | 11 December 2016 10:00 (UTC+02:00) |
| Target | Coptic Christians |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Weapons | Suicide vest |
| Deaths | 29 |
| Injured | 47 |
| Perpetrators | |
| Assailant | Mahmoud Shafiq Mohammed Mustafa |
Martyrs of Botroseya Church | |
|---|---|
| Martyrs | |
| Died | 11 December 2016 |
| Venerated in | Coptic Orthodox Church |
| Feast |
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On 11 December 2016, a suicide bomber killed 29 people and injured 47 others at St. Peter and St. Paul's Church (commonly known as El-Botroseya Church), a chapel next to Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope, in Cairo's Abbasia district. Egypt's President, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi identified the bomber as 22-year-old Mahmoud Shafiq Mohammed Mustafa, who had worn a suicide vest. el-Sisi reported that three men and a woman have been arrested in connection with the attack; two others are being sought. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.