Egypt Church Bombing Research Paper

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We are reporting on the Egypt church bombing that left everyone wondering many questions.Such as why ISIS bombed the church? How many people were killed or injured? What church was bombed? When was the church bombed?etc. ISIS has been a problem for a while now. They are going global with 143 attacks in 29 countries and have killed about 2,043 people. Some of their attacks are the Paris bombing, three suicide bombers attack the Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, and now the Egypt bombing. ISIS is a group that has many reported killings and is very dangerous.
The ISIS group placed an explosive device under a seat in the main prayer hall and killed at least 45 people. 28 people killed in Tanta and 17 in Alexandria, others were badly injured.

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