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Zambian leader cancels Egypt trip after attacks

Xinhua, April 10, 2017 Adjust font size:

Zambian President Edgar Lungu has canceled his visit to Egypt following an explosion inside a church in the Egyptian Nile Delta city of Tanta on Sunday, his office said on Monday.

On Sunday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Harry Kalaba had announced that Lungu was this week expected to travel to Egypt for a state-visit at the invitation of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.

But presidential spokesperson Amos Chanda said the trip has been canceled due to the security problem in Egypt after the attack.

The trip will be undertaken later this year, he added in a statement.

The Sunday bomb attack at Mar Girgis Church of Tanta city in Gharbiya Province left at least 27 dead and 78 wounded. A following suicide bombing at Saint Mark's Church of the coastal city of Alexandria also killed 17 and injured 48, according to Egypt's health ministry.

The Egyptian president has since declared a three-month state of emergency. Endit