Welcome to bbc news. It is one of the deadliest attacks in modern egyptian history. At least 235 people have been killed and more than 100 injured, many critically, after gunmen detonated a bomb and then stormed a packed mosque at the end of friday prayers. It happened in a remote town in egypts north sinai region. Egypts president has vowed to respond with brutal force. There are some distressing images injames landales report. These were some of the chaotic scenes after the attack, as hundreds of wounded people were rushed to nearby hospitals. Survivors of one of the most deadly attacks on civilians in egypt. Witnesses said the militants stormed the mosque in northern sinai and exploded a bomb inside. They said around a0 gunmen then fired on worshippers as they tried to flee. They came here to kneel in prayer. Instead, they lay down in death. President sisi sent his condolences to the families of those who had died and said the attack would only increase egypts determination to face
On the submarine that went missing in the south atlantic, as the argentine government promises a full investigation into its disappearance. Hello and welcome to world news today. A deadly terror attack at a mosque in the Sinai Peninsula in egypt has killed at least 235 people. More than 100 people have been injured, many critically. It happened in a remote town in northern sinai, near the city of el arish. Militants entered the mosque during friday prayers, opening fire and detonating a bomb. They were armed with automatic rifles and rocket propelled grenades. It is the deadliest attack yet in the three year insurgency in sinai. James landale has the latest a warning there are some distressing images in his report. These were some of the chaotic scenes after the attack, as hundreds of wounded people were rushed to nearby hospitals. Survivors of one of the most deadly attacks on civilians in egypt. Witnesses said the militants stormed the mosque in northern sinai and exploded a bomb ins
The Egyptian Armed forces say they have launched air strikes against the militants they believe were responsible for fridays attack on a mosque in sinai. At least 235 people were killed when gunmen stormed the mosque during friday prayers. It happened in a remote town in northern sinai, near the city of el arish. Militants opened fire inside the mosque, and detonated a bomb. They were armed with automatic rifles and rocket propelled grenades. It is the deadliest attack yet in the three year insurgency in sinai. Orla guerin reports. Shouting and sirens. A rush to save those wounded when a place of worship became a place of carnage. The attackers struck during friday prayers. For egypt, this was a grim new first a massacre in a mosque. Inside, worshippers lay dead where minutes earlier they had prayed. The mosque was popular with sufi muslims, who revere saints and shrines and are viewed as heretics by islamic extremists. Within hours, a televised address to a nation in shock. President
Telling egyptians their anguish would not be in vain and there would be decisive punishment. The sophisticated assault on the mosque was the latest attack by militants based in sinai. The state has been battling them for years. As egypt counted its new dead, analysts here warned that president sisi has already tried a hardline military response to no avail. The scorched earth approach that we have seen has failed to prevent this from happening, it has failed to prevent isis from continuing to operate in egypt and in sinai specifically. And its a reasonable question to ask, to what extent does this scorched earth approach actually help isis perhaps recruit further followers . The most deadly previous attack by is here was the downing of this russian aircraft in sinai in 2015, with a loss of 224 lives. In the past year, is have killed scores of christians in three attacks on churches, saying followers of the cross were their favourite prey. This time, militants in sinai have targeted the
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