Blast at Cairo’s Coptic Cathedral Kills 20

Scene after the explosion inside the “Botrosia” church in Abbassya in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 11, 2016.

Priests, nuns and some of copts, who were attending the mass, are looking inside the “Botrosia” church in the cathedral complex following the blast in Abbasssya in Cairo, Dec. 11, 2016.

A botch of blood seen on the floor of the “Botrosia” Church inside the cathedral complex in Cairo, Dec. 11, 2016.

Priests and curate check the attacked church “Botrosia” following a blast in Cairo, Dec. 11, 2016.

Shoes of injured are seen at the “Botrosia” church where the explosion took place in Cairo, Dec. 11, 2016. The explosion was on the women and children side of the church.

Riot police guard the Cathedral while they are blocking the streets leading the cathedral complex in Abassya, Cairo, Dec. 11, 2016.

An Egyptian man donates blood after the blast in front of the Cathedral complex in Abassya, Cairo, Dec. 11, 2016.

Copts are protesting outside the cathedral complex chanting “Police are thugs” in Abassya, Cairo, Dec. 11, 2016.