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Egyptians recall day of Beir Al Abed mosque attack
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Egyptians recall day of Beir Al Abed mosque attack
One week after the worst bloodshed of its kind in Egypt’s modern history, residents in a village in North Sinai on Friday (December 1) recalled the attack at Al Rawdah mosque, in which more than 300 people were gunned down by assailants carrying the black flag of Islamic State.
The mosque in Bir al-Abed was packed with hundreds of worshippers for Friday (November 24) prayers when gunmen in military-style uniforms and masks appeared in a doorway and at windows. At least 305 people including 27 children were killed in the attack, in which a bomb was detonated and militants gunned down fleeing worshippers, state media and witnesses report.
It was a huge toll for a tiny village. Tribal leader Ibrahim el-Menaie, told Reuters via social media that it has a population of only 800. Egyptians were stunned because the attack was directed at a mosque – a rarity in the country’s history of Islamist insurgencies.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the assault, but since 2013 Egyptian security forces have battled an Islamic State affiliate in the mainly desert region, and militants have killed hundreds of police and soldiers
Egypt mosque attack: ISIS had issued warnings to village beforehand
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Egypt mosque attack: ISIS had issued warnings to village beforehand
CAIRO – Elders of a village in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula where militants killed 305 people in a mosque had been warned by Islamic State operatives to stop collaborating with security forces and to suspend rituals associated with Islam’s mystical Sufi movement, security officials and residents said Sunday.
The latest warning came as recently as a week ago, telling villagers in Al-Rawdah not to hold Sufi rituals on Nov. 29-30 to commemorate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, according to residents and the officials who work for security and military intelligence agencies operating in Sinai.
Local operatives of the Islamic State affiliate in Sinai consider Sufis to be heretics who should be killed. Ahmed Saqr, an expert on the Sinai insurgency, said militants had publicly identified the mosque, which also serves as a Sufi centre, as a target months ago.
He wrote Saturday in a Facebook post that the selection of the Al-Rawdah mosque as a target “raises questions about those who read, analyze and prepare in our security agencies,” and whether anything could have been done to prevent the “untold horrors.”
Mohammed Ibrahim, a university student from the village, said militants had warned residents a few days before Friday’s attack not to collaborate with security forces. The warning, he told The Associated Press by telephone Sunday from the nearby town of Bir al-Abd, followed the detention three weeks ago by villagers of three suspected militants who were handed over to security forces.
The militants also distributed leaflets several times ordering villagers not to co-operate with security forces and to abandon Sufism, he said.
Another Al-Rawdah resident, Mohammed Darwish, 30, said militants stormed the home of village tribal leader Sheikh Hussein al-Jerirr twice this year.
“They threatened him not to hold Sufi gatherings, and last week, they came on motorbikes and asked residents not to participate in Sufi rituals,” Darwish said.
Egypt’s military and security forces have been waging a tough and costly campaign against militants in the towns, villages and desert mountains of northern Sinai. Across the country, thousands have been arrested in a crackdown on suspected Islamists and other dissenters and government critics.
In the past year, militants have bombed churches in the capital of Cairo and other cities, killing dozens of Christians. The IS affiliate is also believed to be behind the 2016 downing of a Russian passenger jet that killed all 224 people on board, decimating the vital tourism sector.
The bloodshed at the Al-Rawdah mosque was the first major militant attack on a Muslim congregation, and it eclipsed violence dating back to an Islamic militant insurgency in the 1990s.
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Egypt Mosque Attack: Detailed Story With over 305 Death Recorded
A detailed statement of the gruesome attack in Egypt, suggest the death toll has risen to over 305 with about 27 children reportedly dead.
It said there were between 25 and 30 attackers with long hair and beards, dressed in camouflage and flying a black banner with the Muslim profession of faith on it, which could be a description of the Islamic state group’s flag.
They surrounded the mosque and…
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Egypt vows forceful response after massacre A devastating gun and bomb attack on a mosque in the Sinai peninsula killed 300 people. Source: Egypt vows forceful response after massacre
At least 305 killed in attack during Friday prayers at mosque in Egypt Images from inside the building showed dozens of bodies wrapped in blood-soaked cloth lined up on the floor of a mosque in North Sinai. Source: At least 305 killed in attack during Friday prayers at mosque in Egypt