Bomb hits Egypt church at New Year's Mass, 21 dead

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
01/01/2011 08:37

Mubarak: We will cut off the hands of terrorists and those plotting against Egypt's security; al-Qaida suspected.

Talkbacks (4) ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — A powerful bomb exploded in front of a crowded Coptic Christian church a half hour into the New Year early Saturday, hitting worshipers emerging from a holiday Mass in the Egyptian city of Alexandria and killing at least 21 people in an attack that raised suspicions of an al-Qaida role.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak vowed to track down those behind the attack, saying "we will cut off the hands of terrorists and those plotting against Egypt's security."

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Bomb hits Egypt church at New Year's Mass, 21 dead