Gunmen who attacked a mosque in North Sinai were carrying an Islamic State flag, Egyptian officials said on Saturday as the state news agency reported the death toll had risen to 305, including 27 children. The attack also left 128 people injured, the MENA state news agency reported, while Egypt’s public prosecutor’s office linked it to Islamic State militants, also known as Daesh. Islamic State has targeted Sufi and Shia Muslims in other countries like Iraq. The jihadists in Egypt’s Sinai have also attacked local tribes and their militias for working with the army and police. Local militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, once allied to al Qaeda, split from it and declared allegiance to Islamic State in 2014.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 25, 2017 11:37 UTC