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Egypt church blasts: 3-month emergency declared after IS bombings kill 45

Egypt's Coptic church said Pope Tawadros II escaped the blast in Alexandria unharmed

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Relatives and onlookers swarm around a car outside a church after a bomb attack in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, Egypt, Sunday. Photo: AP/PTI

BS Web Team | Agencies New Delhi
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared a three-month state of emergency in the Arab country following twin church bombings that killed at least 45 people and injured 120 others in the cities of Tanta and Alexandria on Sunday. 

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.

At least 45 people were killed and nearly 120 others injured in powerful blasts triggered by the Islamic State (ISIS) in two churches packed with worshippers celebrating Palm Sunday in Egypt's Tanta and Alexandria cities, the deadliest