Today, militants launched a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in
Egypt's North Sinai province, killing at least 235 people. Witnesses say
the al-Rawda mosque in the town of Bir al-Abed, near al-Arish, was
targeted during Friday prayers making it the deadliest attack of its
kind since an Islamist insurgency in the peninsula was stepped up in
2013.
Reacting to the ugly incident, Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi vowed to respond with "brute force" after talks with security officials.
So far, no group has claimed the attack, but militants affiliated with the Islamic State have been responsible for scores of deadly attacks in the province. They usually target security forces and Christian churches.
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