Ahram Online|At least 235 worshippers have been killed by gunmen who attacked a mosque affiliated with Sufi groups in Egypt’s North Sinai during Friday prayers, in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in the country in recent years. A statement from the prosecutor-general’s office on Friday afternoon said 235 people had been killed and at least 109 injured in the attack on Al-Rawdah mosque in Al-Radwa village situated between Bir Al-Abed and Al-Arish ciies. The president’s office has announced a nationwide three-day mourning following the terrorist attack, state TV has reported. Health ministry sources in the governorate said 30 ambulances were deployed to the scene to transport the injured to Arish Bir Al-Abed and Arish General hospitals. Eyewitnesses told Ahram Online that improvised explosive devices were detonated at the mosque initially, then gunmen fired at worshippers, including targeting ambulances transferring the injured to hospital.

Source: GNN Liberia November 25, 2017 07:07 UTC