CAIRO: A bomb blast tore through a church near Cairo’s Coptic cathedral during a service on Sunday, killing 23 people in the deadliest attack in recent memory on Egypt’s Christian minority.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, but Coptic Christians, who make up about 10 percent of Egypt’s population, have been previously targeted by jihadists.

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