Attackers have launched a deadly attack on an Egyptian mosque frequented by a Muslim sect, killing hundreds.
Nov. 24, 2017, at 6:22 p.m. US News and World Report
Sheikh Sulieman Ghanem, 75, receives medical treatment at Suez Canal University hospital in Ismailia, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, after he was injured during an attack on a mosque. Militants attacked a crowded mosque during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula, setting off explosives, spraying worshippers with gunfire and killing more than 200 people in the deadliest ever attack by Islamic extremists in Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) The Associated Press
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — The Latest on mosque attack in Egypt (all times local):
8:55 p.m.
The U.N. Security Council and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have condemned the deadly attack on a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula in “the strongest terms” and called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
The council statement called it a “heinous and cowardly terrorist attack” and reiterated that all acts of terrorism “are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation.” Guterres called the attack, which killed at least 235 people, “horrific.” Tiếp tục đọc “The Latest: UN Condemns Deadly Mosque Attack in Egypt”
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