EGYPTIANS GATHER OUTSIDE THE RAWDA MOSQUE, ROUGHLY 40 KILOMETRES WEST OF THE NORTH SINAI CAPITAL OF EL-ARISH, FOLLOWING A GUN AND BOMBING ATTACK, ON NOVEMBER 24, 2017. A BOMB EXPLOSION RIPPED THROUGH THE MOSQUE BEFORE GUNMEN OPENED FIRE ON THE WORSHIPPERS GATHERED FOR WEEKLY FRIDAY PRAYERS, OFFICIALS SAID.
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The death toll from an attack on a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai on Friday rose to 184, state television reported.
At least 125 were wounded, the report said.
Gunmen had on Friday attacked the mosque and set off a bomb.
The explosion ripped through the Rawda mosque roughly 40 kilometres west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish before gunmen opened fire on the worshippers gathered for weekly Friday prayers, officials said.
