Scores of people have been killed after suspected militants detonated a bomb and opened fire at a mosque in Egypt’s restive northern Sinai on Friday, targeting supporters of the security forces attending prayers there, according to two eyewitnesses said.
And at least 85 people were killed and 80 wounded in the attack on the Al Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, west of Arish city, according to a health ministry spokesman. Eyewitnesses reported ambulances ferrying casualties from the scene to nearby hospitals.
Egypt’s security forces are battling a stubborn Daesh insurgency in north Sinai, where militants have killed hundreds of police and soldiers since fighting there intensified over the last three years.
Militants have mostly targeted security forces in their attacks, but have also tried to expand beyond the peninsula by hitting Egyptian Christian churches and pilgrims.
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a number of civilians martyred & 85 injured in a terrorist attack on Al-Roda Mosque, west of Al-Aresh, N. #Sinai, #Egypt pic.twitter.com/DZOnaZxQyH— 🇪🇬 Egypt WOT (@EgyptWOT) November 24, 2017
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