At least 235 people have been killed and dozens more
injured after a suspected Islamic State bomb and gun attack on a mosque in
Egypt.
The country's government has declared three days of
mourning following the assault on al-Rawdah mosque, which has wounded around
130 people, according to state media.
The mosque is in Bir al-Abed in the volatile northern
Sinai Peninsula, around 25 miles from the provincial capital of el-Arish, which
has been regularly targeted by IS militants in recent years.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack -
which came as worshippers took part in weekly Friday prayers - but state news
agency MENA reports that it "appeared" to have been carried out by
IS.
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