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Egypt condemns 17 to death for church attacks

Afp, Cairo

An Egyptian military court yesterday sentenced 17 people to death over a series of suicide bombings of churches claimed by the Islamic State group that left dozens dead. Seventy-four people were killed in the attacks in 2016 and 2017 targeting Coptic Christians in Cairo, Alexandria and the Nile Delta city of Tanta.

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