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Egypt mosque attack death toll rises to 305, including 27 children
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Relatives of the victims of the bomb and gun assault on the North Sinai Rawda mosque sit outside the Suez Canal University hospital in the eastern port city of Ismailia on November 25, 2017, where they were taken to receive treatment following the deadly attack the day before. Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi vowed on November 24 to respond forcefully after the attackers killed at least 305 worshippers in the packed mosque in restive North Sinai province, the country's deadliest attack in recent memory.
(AFP/MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
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he death toll from an attack on a mosque in Egypt's Sinai rose to 305 including 27 children, the state prosecution said Saturday in a statement detailing the gruesome massacre.
It said there were between 25 and 30 attackers with long hair and beards, dressed in camouflage and flying a black banner with the Muslim profession of faith on it, which could be a description of the Islamic State group's flag.
They surrounded the mosque and opened fire on the worshippers on Friday, it said.
The attackers had arrived in five all-terrain vehicles and later set fire to seven cars belonging to the worshippers.
The statement said witnesses recounted hearing gunshots and explosions before some of the assailants entered the mosque.
