Alexandria bombings

ew days prior to Nagaa Hammadi Incidents' first anniversary, a blast goes off at Two Saints Church, Miami, Alexandria, mere minutes into New Year Day of 2011. Official reports say a car blast caused explosion. Later, a Ministry of Interior statement says incident is a "suicide attack". Casualties are estimated at 21 dead, 79 injured. Mourning victims, Egypt's Orthodox Church cancels christmas celebrations. In a televised speech, President Mubarak of Egypt addresses nation: "It [bombing] was a terrorist operation whiich carries, within itself, the hallmark of foreign hands which want to turn Egypt into another scene of terrorism like elsewhere in the region and the wider world." "We are all in this together," vows Mubarak, 82, "and will face up to terrorism and defeat it."