Hours after 235 people were killed in an attack on a mosque in Sinai Peninsula region of Egypt, the Egyptian Air Force gunned down several militants and destroyed their vehicles. In a statement, Army spokesperson Tamer el-Rafei said that the air force launched retaliatory attacks on terror hideouts in the surrounding area of North Sinai, killing militants and destroying vehicles used in the deadly attack. At least 235 worshippers were killed and 109 others injured when heavily-armed militants bombed the al-Rowda mosque in Al-Arish city and opened fire on people attending Friday prayers. Following the mosque attack, President Abdel Fattah el- Sisi had chaired an emergency meeting with officials to review security situation. In a statement later, he pledged to respond with "brutal force" against militants.

Source: India Today November 25, 2017 01:16 UTC