Militants target mosque with bomb, gunfire in Egypt's north Sinai

November 25 2017 - 8:41am
An Islamic State attack on an Egyptian police checkpoint in el-Arish earlier this year. The north Sinai has again been targeted, with the attack this time coming on a mosque during Friday prayers. Photo: AP
An Islamic State attack on an Egyptian police checkpoint in el-Arish earlier this year. The north Sinai has again been targeted, with the attack this time coming on a mosque during Friday prayers. Photo: AP

At least 235 people were killed on Friday when Islamist militants set off a bomb and opened fire on people attending prayers at a mosque in Egypt's restive northern Sinai, according to the country's public prosecutor.

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