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State news says 85 killed in Egypt mosque attack

By Associated Press
Published November 24, 2017 1:14pm ET
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State news says 85 killed in Egypt mosque attack
Citing official sources, MENA said 80 people were also wounded in the attack on the al-Rawdah mosque in the town of Bir al-Abd, 25 miles from the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) | Amr Nabil

EL-ARISH, Egypt — Egyptian state news agency MENA reports that 85 people have been killed in a bombing and shooting attack on a mosque in the volatile northern Sinai Peninsula, in what appeared to be the latest attack by the area’s local Islamic State affiliate.

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