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April 9, 2017

On April 9, 2017, the Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, take place. The year's #1 song was "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran.

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2017 (MMXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.

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  1. 2017 The Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, take place.

    2017 suicide bombings at Coptic churches in Egypt

    On Palm Sunday, 9 April 2017, twin suicide bombings took place at St. George's Church in the northern Egyptian city of Tanta on the Nile Delta, and Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, the principal church in Alexandria, seat of the Coptic papacy. At least 43 people were reported killed and 789 injured.

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