{"id":76142,"date":"2017-11-24T11:55:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T16:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=76142"},"modified":"2017-11-24T11:55:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T16:55:15","slug":"mosque-attack-in-egypt-200-dead-130-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=76142","title":{"rendered":"Mosque attack in Egypt; 200 dead, 130 injured"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News<\/a> reports that Islamist extremists attacked an Egyptian mosque today resulting in at least 200 killed and 130 injured, according to Egyptian news agencies;<\/p>\n

The extremists launched an attack on the al-Rawdah mosque in the town of Bir al-Abd, some 25 miles from the North Sinai provincial capital of el-Arish, Egypt’s state news agency MENA reported. The attack appeared to be the latest by the area’s local Islamic State affiliate.<\/p>\n

The security officers said the men opened fire on worshipers during prayers while driving in off-road vehicles. A Ministry of Health spokesman said the terrorists set off a bomb during the attack.<\/p>\n

“They (the extremists) were shooting at people as they left the mosque,” a resident told Reuters.<\/p>\n

“They were shooting at the ambulances too,” the resident continued.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unarmed churchgoers seem to be the best targets. No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks yet.<\/p>\n

From Newsweek<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The extremists reportedly approached and fired at the mosque from four \u201coff-road\u201d vehicles and blew up vehicles to block worshipers from exiting the mosque, the AP reported citing three police officers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From The New York Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Islamist militants detonated explosives and sprayed gunfire at a crowded Sufi mosque near Egypt\u2019s Sinai coast on Friday, killing at least 235 people and wounding 109 more, in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in the country\u2019s modern history.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The gunmen lingered at the scene even as emergency workers arrived to treat the injured, and opened fire on several ambulances, Ahmed el-Ansari, a senior government health official, said on state television.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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