# Cairo · 9 April 2017

> Photos and videos from Cairo on 9 April 2017.

## Facts

- **What:** Cairo · 9 April 2017 (News story)
- **Where:** [Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/location/cairo), [Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/location/tanta)
- **When:** 2017-04-09 – 2017-04-10
- **Media:** 32 photos, 0 videos, 0 rushes
- **Credit:** © apaimages / Egyptian President Office, Stringer
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- **Canonical URL:** https://apa.atyaf.co/story/cairo-2017-04-09
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-19T11:54:14+00:00
- **Arabic version:** https://apa.atyaf.co/ar/story/cairo-2017-04-09

## Media in this story

- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, meets with a delegation of members of the US House of Representatives](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-007987) — APA-PH-2017-007987 · photo · 2017-04-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, meets with a delegation of members of the US House of Representatives, in Cairo, Egypt, on April 8, 2017. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, meets with a delegation of members of the US House of Representatives](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-007988) — APA-PH-2017-007988 · photo · 2017-04-09 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, meets with a delegation of members of the US House of Representatives, in Cairo, Egypt, on April 8, 2017. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008114) — APA-PH-2017-008114 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008115) — APA-PH-2017-008115 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008116) — APA-PH-2017-008116 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008117) — APA-PH-2017-008117 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008118) — APA-PH-2017-008118 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008119) — APA-PH-2017-008119 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008120) — APA-PH-2017-008120 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008121) — APA-PH-2017-008121 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008122) — APA-PH-2017-008122 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008123) — APA-PH-2017-008123 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008124) — APA-PH-2017-008124 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008125) — APA-PH-2017-008125 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008126) — APA-PH-2017-008126 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  A picture taken on April 9, 2017 shows a general view of the destruction, debris, and blood stains on the benches of the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [Relatives of a victim react inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008127) — APA-PH-2017-008127 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  Relatives of a victim react inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [Relatives of victims react to coffins arriving to the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008128) — APA-PH-2017-008128 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  Relatives of victims react to coffins arriving to the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [Relatives of a victim react inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008129) — APA-PH-2017-008129 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  Relatives of a victim react inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [Relatives of a victim react inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008130) — APA-PH-2017-008130 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  Relatives of a victim react inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [Relatives of a victim react inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008131) — APA-PH-2017-008131 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  Relatives of a victim react inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [Relatives of a victim react inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008132) — APA-PH-2017-008132 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  Relatives of a victim react inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [Relatives of a victim react inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008133) — APA-PH-2017-008133 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  Relatives of a victim react inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [Relatives of a victim react inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008134) — APA-PH-2017-008134 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  Relatives of a victim react inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [Relatives of a victim react inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008135) — APA-PH-2017-008135 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  Relatives of a victim react inside the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [An ambulance arrives to the site of a bomb blast that took place on Sunday in the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008136) — APA-PH-2017-008136 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  An ambulance arrives to the site of a bomb blast that took place on Sunday in the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [An ambulance arrives to the site of a bomb blast that took place on Sunday in the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008137) — APA-PH-2017-008137 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  An ambulance arrives to the site of a bomb blast that took place on Sunday in the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [Relatives of victims react to coffins arriving to the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008138) — APA-PH-2017-008138 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  Relatives of victims react to coffins arriving to the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [An ambulance arrives to the site of a bomb blast that took place on Sunday in the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008139) — APA-PH-2017-008139 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Tanta, Egypt · © APA Images / Stringer
  An ambulance arrives to the site of a bomb blast that took place on Sunday in the Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church that was bombed on Sunday in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, at which a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to attend the Palm Sunday mass. Photo by Stringer
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and members of the national defense council mourn for the victims of Sunday's two church attacks](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008140) — APA-PH-2017-008140 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and members of the national defense council mourn for the victims of Sunday's two church attacks, in Cairo April 9, 2017. Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday evening declared a three-month state of emergency in Egypt after two church blasts killed at least 44 people and injured 120 others. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and members of the national defense council mourn for the victims of Sunday's two church attacks](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008141) — APA-PH-2017-008141 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and members of the national defense council mourn for the victims of Sunday's two church attacks, in Cairo April 9, 2017. Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday evening declared a three-month state of emergency in Egypt after two church blasts killed at least 44 people and injured 120 others. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and members of the national defense council mourn for the victims of Sunday's two church attacks](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008142) — APA-PH-2017-008142 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and members of the national defense council mourn for the victims of Sunday's two church attacks, in Cairo April 9, 2017. Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday evening declared a three-month state of emergency in Egypt after two church blasts killed at least 44 people and injured 120 others. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and members of the national defense council mourn for the victims of Sunday's two church attacks](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2017-008143) — APA-PH-2017-008143 · photo · 2017-04-10 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and members of the national defense council mourn for the victims of Sunday's two church attacks, in Cairo April 9, 2017. Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday evening declared a three-month state of emergency in Egypt after two church blasts killed at least 44 people and injured 120 others. Photo by Egyptian President Office