A vile brazen attack on a church!

Egypt declares state of emergency and Israel shuts border crossing after church bombings

https://gma.yahoo.com/egypt-declares-state-emergency-israel-124406145.html

Egypt declared a state of emergency and Israel closed its shared border on Monday, citing security concerns, after two church bombings killed at least 44 people. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced the three-month state of emergency - the first in the country since the military overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013 - in response to the Palm Sunday attacks claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil).In a defiant speech, he warned the war against jihadists "will be long and painful" after he had ordered the army to protect "vital infrastructure".

It was reported on Monday that the suspected suicide bombers in the Alexandria and the Nile Delta city of Tanta attacks, who were named only by the nom de guerres Abu Al-Baraa Al-Masri and Abu Ishaaq Al-Masri, had both travelled to Syria.

The blasts also came weeks before an expected visit by Pope Francis intended to show support for the country's Christians, who make up about 10 per cent of Egypt's population and have long complained of being vulnerable and marginalised.