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| Egypt mosque attack kills at least 85 people, says state news agency | |
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| At least 85 people have been killed and dozens more wounded after suspected militants targeted a mosque in Egypt’s north Sinai with a bomb and gunfire, the Mena state news agency reported on Friday. | |
| Eyewitnesses reported ambulances ferrying casualties from the scene to nearby hospitals after the attack on al-Rawdah mosque in Bir al-Abed, west of Arish city. Another 75 people were wounded, Mena reported. It said its tolls were based on an official source. | |
| Officials said militants in four off-road vehicles bombed the mosque and fired on worshippers during the sermon segment of Friday prayers. | |
| President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi convened an emergency security meeting soon after the attack, state television reported. | |
| Egypt’s security forces are battling an Islamic State 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. | |
| No one has claimed Friday’s attack. | |
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