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Islamic State group claims responsibility for Egypt bombings: Amaq news agency

CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for bombing two Egyptian churches on Sunday in the deadliest attacks in the country in recent memory. “Islamic State squads carried out the attacks on two churches in Tanta and Alexandria,” said the group’s self-styled Amaq news agency in a statement published on social media accounts. Egypt’s interior ministry said a suicide bomber was behind the blast in Alexandria that killed 11 people on Sunday. The […]