Egypt beefs up security outside churches ahead of Easter celebration

Dozens of high-ranking police officers have been stationed at all entrances of the St Mark's Cathedral in Egypt, the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope, to beef up security outside churches before Easter prayers on Sunday. 

Reports say, the usual festive occasion is tainted with fearful apprehension after twin bombings in two cities which killed 45 Coptic Christians on Palm Sunday. 

The increased security outside the churches is meant to restore a sense of security for Egypt's Copts amid a war on the embattled minority declared by the Islamist State group, which has claimed responsibility for Sunday's bombings.
  
SOURCE: NEWS24