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More than 200 Sufi Muslims killed in Egypt gun and bomb attack

SUSPECTED Isis terrorists massacred more than 200 Sufi Muslims in a gun and bomb attack on a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula yesterday.

The attackers reportedly detonated explosives under cars to block escape routes with burning wrecks before opening fire on the mosque in the north Sinai town of Bir al-Abd.

State media reported 235 deaths and victims, including 130 wounded, were rushed to local hospitals.

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