9 April - 2017 Palm Sunday church bombings At least 45 people were killed and at least 126 were injured in an explosion in a Coptic Church in Tanta, Egypt. Initial investigations show the terrorist blew himself up during the church's Palm Sunday services, causing mass destruction at the scene.[42][43] Near a police station in Tanta, there was also an attack.[44] A suicide bomber has detonated an explosion outside Saint Mark’s Church in Alexandria’s Manshyia district. Casualties were reported.[45] There was also an exploration in Chouhada Street in Alexandria.[46]