CAIRO: Militants killed 184 people at a mosque in Egypt's north Sinai region on Friday, detonating a bomb and shooting at fleeing worshippers and ambulances, state media and witnesses said. People sit next to bodies of worshippers killed in attack on mosque in the northern city of Arish, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. People walk outside a mosque that was attacked in the northern city of Arish, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. But jihadists have also targeted local Sinai tribes that are working with the armed forces, branding them traitors for cooperating with the army and police. Militants have tried to expand beyond the largely barren, Sinai Peninsula into Egypt's heavily populated mainland, hitting Coptic Christian churches and pilgrims.
Source: New Strait Times November 24, 2017 13:30 UTC