After church blasts, Egypt's President declares 3-month state of emergency
10 April 2017 2:15 AM IST
The Islamic State group had claimed responsibility for the church bombings in the Nile Delta cities of Alexandria and Tanta.
Relatives and onlookers gather outside a church after a bomb attack in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, Egypt. (Photo: AP)
Cairo: President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared a three-month state of emergency in Egypt following twin church bombings that killed dozens of people in two cities today.
Sisi announced the "state of emergency for three months" in a defiant speech at the presidential palace after a meeting of the national defence council.
The Islamic State group had claimed responsibility for the church bombings in the Nile Delta cities of Alexandria and Tanta in which at least 44 people were killed.
( Source : AFP )
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