Lebanon condemns Boutroseya Church attack

Lebanon's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Monday denounced the terrorist attack that rocked Boutroseya Church Sunday and left scores dead and injured.

It stressed that Lebanon is standing by Egypt in its calamity.

Sunday's brutal attack is a desperate attempt to undermine Egypt's national unity due to its pioneering role in fighting terrorism, Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Gibran Bassil said in a statement.

Lebanon's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condoles with Egypt and relatives of the martyrs and stresses the necessity of unifying international and regional efforts to assist national armies in their inclusive war against terror. 

On Sunday, at least 23 people dead and 49 others injured when a bomb went off inside El Boutroseya Church adjacent St. Peter & St. Paul Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo’s Abbassiya district.

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese led funeral prayers for martyrs of the church attack earlier Monday.

Source: MENA