At least 235 dead in a terrorist attack at the exit of the prayer in an Egyptian Sinai mosque

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• November 24th, 2017
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At least 235 people have been killed and 109 wounded by a bomb and light weapons attack on a mosque in the northern Sinai province (Egypt) and against the subsequent deployment of ambulances that served the victims of the initial attack, according to confirmed the official news agency  MENA . It is already the bloodiest attack in the recent history of Egypt, ahead of the demolition of the Metrojet plane, in the same area, in 2014 that left 224 víticimas.

The attack has taken place in the Al Rawdah mosque, located in the town of Bir al Abd, about 40 kilometers from the capital of the province, El Arish. 

According to witnesses, several armed men opened indiscriminate fire in the middle of the sermon after getting off four SUVs and detonating a powerful explosive.

The Arish is the usual scene of attacks by militias and armed groups in the region, according to the first reports from Egyptian media after the detonation.

Sources of the Ministry of Health have confirmed to the newspaper 'Asharq Al Awsat' a second attack against the about 30 ambulances deployed at the scene to transport the wounded of the first attack. 

After the end of the assault, residents of the area have used their private vehicles to transfer the wounded to the Bir el Abd hospital and El Arish General Hospital.

The president of the country, Abdelfatá al Sisi, has convened a security committee to discuss the repercussions of the terrorist attack, while he has declared three days of official mourning.

Dead at least 15 involved

Unmanned aircraft of the Egyptian army have killed at least 15 suspects involved in the massacre, according to security sources reported to the Arabic section of the British Sky News.

The bombings were carried out against two off-road vehicles that circulated in a desert area near the place of the attack.

Previously, the witnesses of the attack said that those responsible arrived at the place in four 4x4 vehicles. 

After detonating an explosive device, they opened indiscriminate fire on those present in the mosque - located about 40 kilometers from the provincial capital, El Arish - and then again against the ambulances that were transporting the survivors