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RSS FeedsAt least 235 dead, 109 wounded after Egypt militants attack mosque in Sinai Peninsula
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24 november 2017 19:00:34

 
At least 235 dead, 109 wounded after Egypt militants attack mosque in Sinai Peninsula
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EL-ARISH, EGYPT—Militants attacked a crowded mosque during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula, setting off explosives, spraying worshippers with gunfire and killing at least 235 people in the deadliest ever attack by Islamic extremists in Egypt.The attack targeted a mosque frequented by Sufis, members of Islam’s mystical movement, in the north Sinai town of Bir al-Abd. Islamic militants, including the local affiliate of Daesh, also known as ISIS or ISIL, consider Sufis heretics because of their less literal interpretations of the faith.The startling bloodshed, which also left more than 109 wounded, was the latest sign of how more than three years of fighting in Sinai has been unable to crush an insurgency waged by the Daesh affiliate. Seeking to spread the violence, the militants the past year have carried out deadly bombings on churches in the capital, Cairo, and other cities, killing dozens of Christians. The affiliate also is believed to have been behind the 2016 downing of a Russian passenger jet that killed 226 people.But this was the first major militant attack on a Muslim mosque, and it eclipsed any past attacks of its kind, even dating back to a previous Islamic militant insurgency in the 1990s.The militants opened fire from four off-road vehicles on the hundreds of worshippers attending the sermon in the mosque. They also blocked off escape routes from the area by blowing up cars and leaving the burning wrecks blocking the roads, three police officers on the scene said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press.Dozens of bloodied bodies wrapped up in sheets were laid across the mosque floor, according to images circulating on social media. Relatives queuing up outside the hospital as ambulances raced back and forth.Resident Ashraf el-Hefny said many of the victims were workers at a nearby salt factory who had come for Friday services at the mosque. The state news agency MENA put the death tol ...


 
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