TIL Desk/World/Egypt/ At least 235 worshippers were killed and 109 others injured when heavily-armed terrorists bombed a mosque and opened fire on people attending Friday prayers in Egypt’s restive North Sinai region, in the deadliest terror attack in the country.
The terrorists launched a targeted bomb and gun attack on the al-Rowda mosque in Al-Arish city during the Friday prayers. After the bomb ripped through the mosque, the gunmen on four off-road vehicles opened fire on the worshippers who tried to escape from the site after the explosion, it said.
At least 235 worshippers were killed and 109 others injured in the attack, Ahram Online said. Pictures from the scene show rows of bloodied victims inside the mosque. The blasts from improvised explosive devices caused considerable damage to the mosque, the website said. Egyptian health ministry spokesman Khalid Mujahid described the incident as a “terrorist attack.”
