Gunmen attack mosque in Sinai

Announcement Date: November 24, 2017

The death toll in a bomb and gun attack on a Sufi mosque in northern Sinai reached 305, with 27 children among the dead. At least 128 people were wounded in the massacre that was described as the deadliest terrorist attack in Egypt’s modern history. Although no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, it bore several hallmarks of ISIS attacks.