Script 

01:00 Preparations for the Christmas celebrations of the Coptic Church were subdued in Alexandria this year. Following the suicide attack outside a Coptic Church shortly after New Year's Eve the Christian community has been gripped by grief and fear.
01:35 The facade of the church is more or less scrubbed clean. But the consequences of the attack are not so easy to erase.
Inside, survivors mourn for the dead.
01:53 In the hallway sits a car that was damaged by the bomb. The cleaners have yet to begin on the mosque opposite the church.
02:12 This was the night of the attack. A few minutes into the New Year a suicide bomb exploded at the entrance to the Coptic Church. With the service coming to an end, many churchgoers were outside. 21 people died on the scene, more later on. There were dozens wounded.
02:37 17-year-old Besoi Maghdi was in the church when the bomb exploded.
Besoi Maghdi, eyewitness:
02:44 It was twenty minutes past twelve when it happened.
02:51 I was standing at the altar, behind the curtain.  I suddenly felt an explosion: a very big one.
03:14 There was a loud bang. I was pushed forwards and backwards.
03:22 SOUND BITE priest “Do not be afraid, do not be afraid everyone. There is nothing wrong, there is nothing wrong!”
Besoi Maghdi:
03:31: I came out from behind the curtain and tried to get outside. I found one of my friends injured. He held his hands up and started fainting. Blood came from his head and from his hand: a lot of blood. He began to collapse. I caught him and got him onto a chair. I tried to wipe away the blood, but he carried on bleeding.
MUSIC
04:01 Besoi fears that the bombing may be the catalyst for further violence. He knew all the victims of the attack and is deeply in mourning.
Besoi Maghdi:
04:09 Yesterday, I bought new clothes for Christmas. A black suit, black shoes, black tie. There is no Christmas: we have removed the Christmas tree. This is the beginning of the New Year. There is no joy in our festival this year.
04:33 Besoi escaped unharmed. In the Coptic Hospital just behind the church lie the injured. They will not allow cameras inside, only allowing filming on a mobile phone.
04:50 What condition is this patient in?
04:54 This patient has burns to the face and other parts of his body. He also has small particles of the bomb in his body, in his intestines.
05:12 Is his situation representative of everyone who got hit by the attack?
05:22:  Yes, many people have small particles of the bomb in their bodies.
05:29 Bombs do not discriminate. Children were also hit. This four-year-old girl, her mother and her 12-year-old sister were all seriously burned and sustained fractures. They are just three of the nearly one hundred wounded.
Emad Azmy, priest
05:41 I am angry to see children killed. We know people whose children are in hospital, injured. Their faces were burned. Of course we are angry at the evil that has perpetrated this.  
05:58 The number of attacks on the Christian minority in Egypt has increased over the last few years. Yet Christians are staying calm and remain in conversation with Muslims, says Anglican priest Emad Azmy. But according to this cleric that is increasingly dependent on the government taking a hard line when dealing with hate-preachers.
Emad Azmy, priest:
06:13 When their religious leader tells them “do not greet Christians. Do not shake their hands. They are unbelievers, they are enemies.”. And in fact there was a very reputable man who said recently that Christians may have weapons in their churches. And my Muslim friends were shocked, because he knows there is no way Christians use weapons or accumulate weapons. And yet this impacted on people, this was just a few months ago or a few weeks ago. And people are saying that this speech may have had something to do with the tension we’re experiencing now.
06:58 The question now is whether the divide between Christians and Muslims in Egypt can still be bridged.  Fakhry Tardos’s family are devastated by grief. Their only son was killed in the attack.
(shows portrait of son)
Fakhry Tardos:
07:24: Mina Wagdy Fakhry. Mina Wagdy Fakhry. He had a company for imports and exports.
07:32 His son’s fiancee, Amira, was seriously injured in the blast. It is uncertain whether she will survive her injuries.
Fakhry Tardos:
07:40 When I went to the morgue, I asked them if they had Mina. They said yes, he's here. There was blood on the floor. The whole floor was covered with blood. Someone asked me, ‘is this his ID and driving license?’. I said yes. Both had been pierced and burned.
08:04 Fakhry Tardos is angry that the perpetrators of the attack must have had help from his compatriots. Yet he also has many friends who are Muslims and who are now mourning with him. In any case, he doesn’t want to hate.
Fakhry Tardos
08:19 I love them all. I love all Muslims. There is no hatred between us. We hate nobody.
08:26 Our faith teaches us to love everyone.
08:36 Even though they have wronged us, I ask God to forgive them.