Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali said EGP 1.4 million were paid to the families of 16 out of 28 victims of the blast of el Botrousya church in Abbasiya.

In statement Monday, Wali said that the ministry paid compensations to 33 out of 50 injured cases.

On December 11, 28 people were killed while scores others were injured in the explosion that occurred inside Boutroseya Church during Sunday mass. 

Boutroseya Church is only meters away from the St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the Abbasiya district in Cairo

Source: MENA