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EGYPT Twenty dead in Cairo explosion in Coptic Cathedral

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At least 25 people were killed Sunday in an explosion in Cairo in a Coptic church belonging to the complex of the cathedral. The explosion also caused at least 35 wounded. No claims have been made at this time. Egyptian state television quoting the Ministry of Health talks about an attack.

The explosion took place in full celebration around 10:00 in the church of St. Peter and St. Paul, contiguous to the Coptic Cathedral of St. Mark.

The Coptic Church is one of the sister churches of the Armenian Church.

Sunday 11 December 2016,
Ara © armenews.com

Turkey: Simultaneous explosions at pro-Kurdish party HQs

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12siCasualties have been reported after several explosions hit 2 leftwing pro-Kurdish party HQs in Turkey.
The blasts in the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area in south Turkey, went off simultaneously, Hurriyet daily reported.
According to preliminary reports, six people were injured by the Adana blast, Reuters said. No immediate casualty report from Mersin was available.

 


The attack targeted two local headquarters of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which currently hold 29 seats in Turkey’s 550-seat parliament.
The explosions were reported 10 minutes apart, the party said.

The party said its Adana branch was hit by an explosion in a storage room while in the Mersin branch a flower bouquet delivered on the previous day turned out to be a bomb.
HDP in just one month endured no fewer than 56 attacks across Turkey, although only two of them involved use of weapons, according to Dicle News Agency.

The party is a relative newcomer in Turkish politics, having been founded in 2012 as a political wing for a union of several left-wing groups. Those include proponents of women and gay rights, secularists, anti-capitalists and environmentalists of Gezi Park protest renown.