Egypts president has vowed to respond with brutal force after one of the deadliest attacks in modern egyptian history. At least 235 people have been killed and more than 100 injured many critically after gunmen detonated a bomb and then stormed a packed mosque at the end of friday prayers. It happened in a remote town in egypts north sinai region. The mosque was popular with sufi worshippers. They follow a mystical form of islam which extremists regard as heresy. Just to warn you there are some distressing images in orla guerins report. Sirens a rush to save those wounded when a place of worship became a place of carnage. The attackers struck during friday prayers. For egypt, this was a grim new first a massacre in a mosque. Inside, worshippers lay dead where minutes earlier they had prayed. The mosque was popular with sufi muslims, who revere saints and shrines and are viewed as heretics by islamic extremists. Within hours, a televised address to a nation in shock. President Abdel Fat
The Egyptian Armed forces say they have launched air strikes against the militants they believe were responsible for fridays attack on a mosque in sinai. At least 235 people were killed when gunmen stormed the mosque during friday prayers. It happened in a remote town in northern sinai, near the city of el arish. Militants opened fire inside the mosque, and detonated a bomb. They were armed with automatic rifles and rocket propelled grenades. It is the deadliest attack yet in the three year insurgency in sinai. Orla guerin reports. Shouting and sirens. A rush to save those wounded when a place of worship became a place of carnage. The attackers struck during friday prayers. For egypt, this was a grim new first a massacre in a mosque. Inside, worshippers lay dead where minutes earlier they had prayed. The mosque was popular with sufi muslims, who revere saints and shrines and are viewed as heretics by islamic extremists. Within hours, a televised address to a nation in shock. President
Telling egyptians their anguish would not be in vain and there would be decisive punishment. The sophisticated assault on the mosque was the latest attack by militants based in sinai. The state has been battling them for years. As egypt counted its new dead, analysts here warned that president sisi has already tried a hardline military response to no avail. The scorched earth approach that we have seen has failed to prevent this from happening, it has failed to prevent isis from continuing to operate in egypt and in sinai specifically. And its a reasonable question to ask, to what extent does this scorched earth approach actually help isis perhaps recruit further followers . The most deadly previous attack by is here was the downing of this russian aircraft in sinai in 2015, with a loss of 224 lives. In the past year, is have killed scores of christians in three attacks on churches, saying followers of the cross were their favourite prey. This time, militants in sinai have targeted the
Im gavin grey. The Egyptian Armed forces say theyve launched air strikes against the militants they believe were responsible for fridays attack on a mosque. In the sinai peninsula. At least 235 worshippers were killed. The countrys president has vowed to respond with an iron fist. A warning, orla guerins report contains some distressing images. A rush to save those wounded when a place of worship became a place of carnage. The attackers struck during friday prayers. For egypt, this was a grim new first, a massacre in a mosque. Inside, worshippers lay dead where minutes earlier they had prayed. The mosque was popular with sufi muslims, who revere saints and shrines and are viewed as heretics by islamic extremists. Within hours, a televised address to a nation in shock. President Abdel Fattah Al sisi telling egyptians their anguish would not be in vain and there would be decisive punishment. The sophisticated assault on the mosque was the latest attack by militants based in sinai. The st
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Im gavin grey. The Egyptian Armed forces say theyve launched air strikes against the militants they believe were responsible for fridays attack on a mosque in the sinai peninsula. At least 235 worshippers were killed. The countrys president has vowed to respond with an iron fist. A warning, orla guerins report contains some distressing images. A rush to save those wounded when a place of worship became a place of carnage. The attackers struck during friday prayers. For egypt, this was a grim new first, a massacre in a mosque. Inside, worshippers lay dead where minutes earlier they had prayed. The mosque was popular with sufi muslims, who revere saints and shrines and are viewed as heretics by islamic extremists. Within hours, a televised address to a nation in shock. President Abdel Fattah Al sisi telling egyptians their anguish would not be in vain and there would be decisive punishment. The sophisticated assault on the mosque was the latest attack by mi