At least 155 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a devastating bomb and gun attack targeting a mosque in Egypt’s north Sinai, state television has reported.
More than 50 ambulances ferried casualties from the scene to nearby hospitals after the attack on al-Rawdah mosque in Bir al-Abed, west of Arish city. At least 85 people were injured, the Mena news agency reported. The death toll rose repeatedly on Friday afternoon as more details emerged.
Militants in four off-road vehicles approached the mosque as Friday prayers were finishing and opened fire at worshippers, a military source told the Guardian. Investigation teams from the army and police are roaming the area and “chasing down the perpetrators”, he added.
No group claimed responsibility for the assault, but it was the deadliest yet in the region where for three years Egyptian security forces have battled an Islamic State insurgency that has killed hundreds of police and soldiers.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/24/egypt-mosque-attack-kills-dozens-reports
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