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At least 235 people have been killed and scores more injured in a bomb and gun assault on a mosque in Egypt’s north Sinai.
The attack was one of the deadliest in the country in recent memory, marking a major escalation in Cairo’s battle with regional insurgents. The death toll, reported by state media, rose repeatedly on Friday afternoon as more details emerged.
More than 50 ambulances ferried casualties from al-Rawdah mosque in Bir al-Abed, west of the city of Arish, to nearby hospitals. At least 130 people were injured.
A bomb ripped through the mosque as Friday prayers were finishing, then militants in four off-road vehicles approached and opened fire on worshippers, a military source told media.
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