At least 235 people have been killed in bomb blasts and shootings of suspected militants in a crowded mosque in Egypt. This happened Friday in the northern Sinai province of the country. More than 130 people were injured in the incident. The state news agency MENA quoted the official official as saying. News BBC and Reuters
This is one of the worst attacks in the conflict zone in Egypt. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the incident. The security forces of the country are fighting against Islamic rebels in the region.
The state media has shown that, with a blanket blanket in al-Rawda mosque in Bir al-Abed area west of the city of El Arish, State television and news agency MENA reported that 235 people were killed and 130 wounded.
Media reports quoting local people said that the followers of Sufi often gathered in that mosque. Jihad organizations with the ISS consider the followers of the disbelievers as disbelievers.
Local residents told Reuters, "After the attack, they were shooting at the people fleeing the mosque and fleeing the mosque. They fired even after targeting the ambulance near the spot.
Egypt's security forces are fighting against militant outfits Islamic State (IS) in the north of Sinai. The militants there killed a few hundred members of the police and the army. In the last three years, the two sides have become more intense. Security forces have targeted the majority of militants. But they are trying to expand the perimeter of the attack beyond the peninsula by attacking Christian churches and pilgrims in Egypt.
State television said the country's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called an emergency meeting immediately after the attack. Three days of state mourning has been announced in this incident.