At least 235 worshippers were killed in a bomb and gun attack on an Egyptian mosque yesterday.
The attack on the packed mosque located in Egypt’s restive North Sinai province is regarded as the deadliest in Egypt’s recent history.
A bomb was said to have gone off at the Rawda mosque dominated by Muslims of the Sufi order before gunmen also opened fire on worshippers that gathered for the weekly Friday prayers.
According to eyewitness accounts, the assailants surrounded the mosque with vehicles and planted a bomb outside. They then mowed down the panicked worshippers as they attempted to flee, using the congregants’ vehicles they had set alight to block routes to the mosque.
State television reported that at least 235 people were killed while 109 others were wounded in the attack, prompting the government to declare three days of mourning.
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