Egypt has arrested four people suspected of involvement in a Cairo church bombing last month that killed 27 people , AFP reported Wednesday (January 4th).
Those detained include one of the two main suspected plotters of the attack, Karam Ahmed Abdel-Aal Ibrahim, and three others who were planning other attacks, the Interior Ministry said.
The death toll from the December 11th suicide bombing at the St. Peter and St. Paul Coptic church rose to 27 on Wednesday after a 63-year-old woman died of her injuries, the Health Ministry said.
Eleven people remain in hospital, it said.
The Interior Ministry said authorities are still searching for Mohab Mostafa el-Sayed Qassem, also known as "The Doctor", previously identified as the group's leader.
The "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the bombing.
