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41 killed in fire at Egypt's Cairo Coptic church

In Egypt, a fire that broke out Sunday in a Coptic Christian church in Giza killed 41 people, church officials said. The blaze started for unknown reasons at the Abu Sifine church in the capital's northwestern, working-class district of Imbaba, officials said.  An electrical fire broke out just before 9 a.m. local time during Mass as 5,000 people gathered at the Coptic Abu Sifin church in the Imbaba neighborhood. The fire blocked an entrance to the church, causing a stampede, they said, adding that most of those killed were children. Giza, Egypt's second-largest city, lies just across the Nile from Cairo. Fire services later said the blaze had been brought under control.<br />'' <br />'' Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a tweet offered his sincere condolences to the families of the innocent.<br />'' <br />''Copts are the largest Christian community in the Middle East, making up at least 10 million of Egypt's 103 million people.

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