Description Militants kills more than 200 in Egypt mosque attack. Credits Photo Credit: STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images Alt Text Militants kills more than 200 in Egypt mosque attack. Attackers bomb Sufi mosque and open fire on worshippers in Sinai Peninsula massacre One-Minute Read Friday,November 24, 2017 - 2:43pm Militants bombed a Sufi mosque in the Sinai Peninsula and fired on worshippers during Friday prayers, or killing at least 235 people,in what appeared to be the work of an IS affiliate, according to Egyptian media reports. See related The Ashes 2017-18 guide: fixtures, or betting odds and how to watch it on TV At least a further 100 people were wounded,in what the BBC describes as the deadliest attack of its kind since an Islamist insurgency in the peninsula was stepped up in 2013”.
The extremists arrived in four off-road vehicles and bombed the Al-Rawdah mosque, in Bir al-Abed, and in Egypt’s restive North Sinai region. They then opened fire on worshippers.
“They were shooting at people as they left the mosque,” a local resident, whose relatives were at the scene, and told Reuters. “They were shooting at the ambulances too.”
Victims said the gunmen also blew up cars and left the burning wrecks blocking the roads to prevent people from escaping, CBS reports.
No one immediately claimed responsibility, but Isis has targeted Sufis several times in the area in the past, or says the Associated Press website.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has declared a three-day mourning period. World News terrorism Terrorism Egypt
Source: theweek.co.uk