It was apparently a suicide attack: In a stop in Alexandria, Egypt New Year's Eve killed at least 21 people, mostly Christians. Pope Benedict XVI. asked in his New Year speech to stop violence against his co-religionists. Rome / Cairo - The Pope was clear words. After the attack on Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, Benedict XVI.
Governments around the world asked to protect the Christians. The pope called for "concrete and sustained commitment" to intolerance and discrimination. Words are not enough on its own, the head of the Catholic Church, said at the New Year's Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. In this "difficult mission" should be one to be discouraged nor intimidated.
Humanity should not resign in the face of violence and get used to not conflict, leading to victims and threatened the future of peoples. In a church in the district of Sidi Descr the city of Alexandria in northern Egypt for half an hour after midnight, a bomb had exploded. According to the Egyptian Ministry of Interior, these were probably the work of a suicide bomber.
The bomb was filled with metal parts in order to kill as many people. The terrorists had used about 100 kilograms of explosives, reported the news agency. also damaged nearby mosque as the Egyptian Ministry of Health announced that died in the attack, which occurred at the end of the Coptic New Year's Mass, at least 21 people, and the perpetrator.
43 more were injured. The church and a nearby mosque were damaged by the blast. First, authorities and eyewitnesses had spoken of a car bomb. known until the morning of New Year's day, no terrorist group for the attack. Egyptian authorities blamed "foreign elements" Indeed, without this, however, to describe in more detail.
Recently, a group which links to the terrorist network al-Qaida has threatened Christians throughout the Middle East, that they could be targets of attacks. Riots between Christians and Muslims, hundreds of Christians gathered immediately after the explosion of protests in the streets. Christians and Muslims threw themselves to eyewitness reports of stones.
The police used tear gas to end the unrest. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle was shocked by the attack and said: "I this act of brutality against people who wanted to commit peacefully at a show in the New Year condemned in the strongest terms." Only about ten percent of the total of 79 million Egyptians are Christians.
President Hosni Mubarak called Christians and Muslims to demonstrate against the "forces of terrorism" unity. All Egyptians should turn against those who threatened the security of the country, its stability and unity of the citizens, he said, according to the official Egyptian news agency Mena.
The number of acts of violence between religious groups has increased, according to human rights groups last. Muslim fanatics in January outside a church in Upper Egypt, Coptic Christians and a Muslim eight policemen were shot dead. In November there were clashes, as Christians against the stop the building of a church in a suburb of Cairo protested.
One Christian was killed and several people were injured. Dozens were arrested.
Governments around the world asked to protect the Christians. The pope called for "concrete and sustained commitment" to intolerance and discrimination. Words are not enough on its own, the head of the Catholic Church, said at the New Year's Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. In this "difficult mission" should be one to be discouraged nor intimidated.
Humanity should not resign in the face of violence and get used to not conflict, leading to victims and threatened the future of peoples. In a church in the district of Sidi Descr the city of Alexandria in northern Egypt for half an hour after midnight, a bomb had exploded. According to the Egyptian Ministry of Interior, these were probably the work of a suicide bomber.
The bomb was filled with metal parts in order to kill as many people. The terrorists had used about 100 kilograms of explosives, reported the news agency. also damaged nearby mosque as the Egyptian Ministry of Health announced that died in the attack, which occurred at the end of the Coptic New Year's Mass, at least 21 people, and the perpetrator.
43 more were injured. The church and a nearby mosque were damaged by the blast. First, authorities and eyewitnesses had spoken of a car bomb. known until the morning of New Year's day, no terrorist group for the attack. Egyptian authorities blamed "foreign elements" Indeed, without this, however, to describe in more detail.
Recently, a group which links to the terrorist network al-Qaida has threatened Christians throughout the Middle East, that they could be targets of attacks. Riots between Christians and Muslims, hundreds of Christians gathered immediately after the explosion of protests in the streets. Christians and Muslims threw themselves to eyewitness reports of stones.
The police used tear gas to end the unrest. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle was shocked by the attack and said: "I this act of brutality against people who wanted to commit peacefully at a show in the New Year condemned in the strongest terms." Only about ten percent of the total of 79 million Egyptians are Christians.
President Hosni Mubarak called Christians and Muslims to demonstrate against the "forces of terrorism" unity. All Egyptians should turn against those who threatened the security of the country, its stability and unity of the citizens, he said, according to the official Egyptian news agency Mena.
The number of acts of violence between religious groups has increased, according to human rights groups last. Muslim fanatics in January outside a church in Upper Egypt, Coptic Christians and a Muslim eight policemen were shot dead. In November there were clashes, as Christians against the stop the building of a church in a suburb of Cairo protested.
One Christian was killed and several people were injured. Dozens were arrested.
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