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Nine people are killed in two coordinated attacks targeting Coptic Christians in Egypt. Two of the victims are killed by a gunman in a Coptic-owned appliance store in the Helwan area of Cairo. The gunman then moves to a church where he kills a further six civilians and a policeman before being arrested.
2017-12-29

Pope Francis, while honoring Christians killed under Nazism, communism, dictatorships, and terrorism at Rome's Basilica of St. Bartholomew, adds to those named the wife of a Muslim he met in Lesbos, Greece, who was killed by terrorists because she wouldn't throw down her crucifix. Francis referred to the Lesbos camp as a 'concentration camp' noting, despite the good will of local communities, many refugee camps are overcrowded and little more than prisons.
2017-04-22

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is released from detention in Cairo.
2017-03-24

Egyptian police raid the headquarters of the journalists' association in Cairo, and arrest two journalists with the opposition website Bawabet Yanayer, editor Amr Badr and reporter Mahmud el-Sakka, for alleged incitement to protest in violation of the law.
2016-05-1

Large blasts occur in Cairo and Giza, Egypt, targeting the State Security agency and leaving six police officers injured.
2015-08-20

Three bombs explode in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, killing about five people.
2014-01-24

Egyptian Christians and Muslims clash after a funeral for a Christian who was killed in earlier clashes.
2013-04-7

Egypt security services foil an alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in Cairo.
2012-05-1

One person is killed in clashes between Coptic Christians and Muslims in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
2011-03-8

Coptic Christians clash with police in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt, as they demand more protection for Egypt's Christian minority following a New Year's Day bombing of a Coptic church that killed 21.
2011-01-3