Press releases, 09.04.2017

Das EDA äussert seine tiefe Betroffenheit über die Todesopfer und Verletzten bei zwei Anschlägen auf koptische Gemeinden in Ägypten und verurteilt die Attentate aufs Schärfste.

Many people in Coptic communities were killed or injured in the two blasts which took place in the northern Egyptian city of Tanta and in Alexandria. The FDFA strongly condemns these bloody attacks which caused great suffering to worshippers during Palm Sunday celebrations.

The FDFA expresses its deepest sympathy to the relatives of the victims and those injured.


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