Egyptian state TV has confirmed 200 people have been killed in a coordinated bomb and gun attack in northern Sinai. Some 125 others were injured.
The explosion took place in the vicinity of a mosque during Friday prayer and was accompanied by an armed attack carried out by suspected militants, Reuters reports, citing eyewitnesses and security sources.
Cairo-based journalist Jacob Wirtschafter reports for RT.
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