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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/egypt-church-blast-leaves-21-dead.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Worshippers shout around an exploded car in front of a Coptic Christian church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, Egypt (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-egypt-church-blast-leaves-21-dead.jpg" alt="Worshippers shout around an exploded car in front of a Coptic Christian church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, Egypt (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>A car has exploded in front of a Coptic Christian church as worshippers emerged from a New Year&#8217;s Mass in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, killing at least 21 people.</p>
<p>After the blast, enraged Christians at the church clashed with police and stormed a nearby mosque, prompting fights and volleys of stone throwing with Muslims, police and witnesses said &#8211; a sign of the sectarian anger that has been arising with greater frequency in Egypt.</p>
<p>Nearly 1,000 Christians were attending the Mass at the Saints Church in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, said a priest at the church, Father Mena Adel. The service had just ended, and worshippers were leaving the building when the blast went off, about a half-hour after midnight.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was inside the church and heard a huge explosion,&#8221; Fr Adel said. &#8220;People&#8217;s bodies were in flames.&#8221;</p>
<p>The blast came from a car parked outside the church, but police said they were still investigating whether the car had been rigged with explosives or if a bomb had been placed under it. Witnesses reported seeing the charred chassis of the destroyed car, with the remains of several bodies nearby and dozens wounded.</p>
<p>Alexandria governor Adel Labib blamed al Qaida for the blast, pointing to recent threats by the terror group&#8217;s branch in Iraq to attack Christians.</p>
<p>&#8220;The al Qaida organisation threatened to attack churches inside Egypt,&#8221; he told state TV.</p>
<p>After the explosion, some Christians from the church clashed with police in anger over the blast. The Christians hurled stones at police and a nearby mosque, chanting, &#8220;With our blood and soul, we redeem the cross.&#8221;</p>
<p>A photographer at the scene said the protesters stormed into the mosque, throwing books inside out on to the street. The protest sparked clashes with Muslims, as both sides began throwing stones and bottles at each other in the streets.</p>
<p>The attack comes at a time of rising sectarian tension in Egypt and the broader region. In November, hundreds of Christians rioted in the capital, Cairo, smashing cars and windows after police violently stopped the construction of a church. The rare outbreak of Christian unrest in the capital left one person dead.</p>
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