Ministry of interior identifies Suicide bomber in Alexandria church attack

Egyptian Ministry of Interior identified the suicide bomber in Alexandria’s Coptic Orthodox bombing as Mahmoud Hassan Mubarak Abdullah (30 year old).


The ministry’s statement revealed that Abdullah orchestrated the attack along with a terrorist cell led by the fugitive extremist Amr Saad Abbas Ibrahim, who was tasked- according to Ministry’s statement- to plan operations against the state’s institutions using suicide-bombing techniques.


The ministry also said it was pursuing its effort to identify another attacker who targeted Mar Girgis church in the Nile Delta city of Tanta hours earlier on Sunday.


The Palm Sunday deadly attacks left 45 Killed and were claimed by IS (Daesh) terrorist group.