Overview

Verena Emad Amin

فيرينا عماد أمين

Birth

1998

Martyrdom

11 December 2016

Profession

First-year Pharmacy student at Ain Shams University

A distinguished and outstanding young woman in her studies, with notable activity in church theater and youth programs, loved by everyone for her bright demeanor.

Event

Martyrs of the Church of Saint Peter

11 December 2016 · Egypt

During the Christmas Fast liturgy, a suicide bomber detonated himself inside the Church of Saint Peter (Anba Rouis Church) adjacent to the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbassia, Cairo, with an explosive vest weighing approximately 12 kilograms. The bombing killed 29 people, the majority of them women, and injured more than 31 others. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, which was the first to target this church in its history.

Church

Church of Saint Peter (Anba Rouis Church)

Adjacent to the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Abbassia district, Cairo