Egypt Mosque Attack: At Least 115 Killed, 120 Injured In North Sinai

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Cairo: At least 115 people were killed and dozens more wounded when terrorists set off a bomb and opened fire on people attending prayers at a mosque in Egypt's restive northern Sinai on Friday, state media said.

No group claimed responsibility for the assault but it was the deadliest yet in the region where for three years Egyptian security forces have battled an ISIS  insurgency that has killed hundreds of police and soldiers.

State media showed images of bloodied victims and bodies covered in blankets inside the Al Rawdah mosque in Bir al-Abed, west of the city of El Arish. At least 120 people died and another 80 people were wounded, state news agency MENA reported.

"They were shooting at people as they left the mosque," a local resident whose relatives were at the scene told Reuters. "They were shooting at the ambulances too."