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Egyptian warplanes strike 'terrorist' targets after mosque attack kills 305

Egypt’s military has responded with air strikes directed at “terrorist” locations and vehicles after hundreds of people were killed in a bomb and gun assault on a mosque in the north of the country.

It further reports that Egypt’s chief prosecutor, Nabil Sadeq, said the 305 people killed included 27 children, while a further 128 people were wounded in the attack on the al-Rawdah mosque in Bir al-Abed, north Sinai.

No group immediately claimed responsibility, but since 2013 Egyptian security forces have battled an Islamic State affiliate in the mainly desert region, and militants have killed hundreds of police and soldiers.

The prosecutor also added that the attack was carried out by 25 to 30 militants, who stationed themselves at the mosque’s main door and 12 windows before opening fire on worshipers inside.

Hours after the attack, Egypt’s military launched air strikes on targets in mountainous areas around Bir al-Abed, security sources and witnesses said.

Striking at a mosque would be a change in tactics for the Sinai militants, who have usually attacked troops and police and Christian churches.

Friday’s attack prompted wide international condemnation, with US President Donald Trump among the leaders expressing their condolences and vowing to continue the fight against terrorism.

Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi had vowed to respond to the massacre, believed to be the deadliest terror attack on the country’s soil, with “brute force.” Sisi expressed concern recently that ISIS militants fleeing Iraq and Syria would come to Egypt.

“Egyptian security forces face almost daily attacks from militants with ISIS ties in northern Sinai,” a CNN report says.

235 people lost their lives when shooters fired and exploded a bomb at an Egypt’s mosque in Sinai Peninsula on Friday. Government officials told that at least 109 are injured in the brutal terror attack, and it is the deadliest in the history of Egypt.

A military source said that the Egyptian army searches for the attackers of a Sufi mosque. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt, promised to…

No terrorist group has claimed responsibility in a suicide attack in a packed mosque in Egypt’s restive North Sinai province where 235 bodies have been (more…)

Gunmen attacked a packed mosque in Egypt’s restive North Sinai province today and set off a bomb, killing at least 230 people in one of the country’s deadliest attacks in recent memory.

  Witnesses said the assailants had surrounded the mosque with all-terrain vehicles then planted a bomb outside.

  Egypt’s president declared three days of mourning.

Mediazoon: “52 militants killed in explosive attacks with security forces in Egypt”.

Egypt (Mediazoon): 52 soldiers including officers and officials were killed in clashes with militants in the western desert of Egypt.

Egypt’s Ministry of Interior has claimed the killings of several invaders by confirming clashes with extremists on Friday (Friday).

No such explanation has been made by the Egyptian authorities’ number of deaths.

The statement said the security forces were…