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Egypt's Top Sunni Authority Condemns Cairo Church Blast That Killed 'At Least' 25

Egypt's Top Sunni Authority Condemns Cairo Church Blast That Killed 'At Least' 25
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (L), after it was hit by an explosion in Cairo (AFP)
Cairo, Egypt: The head of Al-Azhar, Egypt's top Sunni authority, condemned a bomb blast on Sunday that killed at least 25 worshippers inside a Cairo church as "a great crime" against all Egyptians.

"The vile terrorist explosion" was "a great crime against all Egyptians", Al-Azhar's grand imam, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, said in a statement.

The explosion struck inside a church near the seat of the Coptic pope who heads Egypt's Christian minority, at around 10:00 am (0800 GMT), security officials said.

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