There’s been a major attack on a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula that has left at least 155 dead and 120 injured in the latest reports:
BREAKING: Egyptian state news agency says death toll in Sinai mosque attack rises to 155, with 120 injured.
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 24, 2017
Here’s more from AP:
Egyptian state news agency MENA reports that 155 people have been killed in a bombing and shooting attack on a Sufi mosque in the volatile northern Sinai Peninsula, in what appeared to be the latest attack by the area’s local Islamic State affiliate.
Citing official sources, MENA said 120 people were also wounded in the attack on the al-Rawdah mosque in the town of Bir al-Abd, 40 km (25 miles) from the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish.
Earlier, officials said militants in four off-road vehicles bombed the mosque and fired on worshippers during the sermon segment of Friday prayers
According to Al Jazeera:
Local media reports said that attackers planted explosives and then opened fire on worshippers while the sermon was under way.
Egypt has for years been battling an armed movement in the rugged and thinly populated Sinai Peninsula, which has gained pace since the military overthrew democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood in mid-2013.
We’ll update more on this as we it comes in…
UPDATE:
BREAKING: Egyptian state news agency says death toll in Sinai mosque attack rises to 184, with 125 injured.
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 24, 2017
UPDATE:
BREAKING: Egyptian state news agency says death toll in Sinai mosque attack rises to 200, with 130 wounded.
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 24, 2017