Egyptian explosives expert killed defusing bomb near church in Cairo
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An Egyptian police officer was killed on Saturday while attempting to defuse an explosive device found at a church in an eastern Cairo suburb, state television reported, less than two days prior to Coptic Christmas celebrated by Egypt’s Christians.