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Urgent: Egypt's Sisi says Cairo church blast carried out by suicide bomber

Xinhua, December 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Monday the blast Sunday at a Cairo church that left 24 dead was carried out by a suicide bomber, identified as 22-year-old Mahmoud Shafiq. Endit