REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CAIRO -- The death toll in a devastating militant attack on a mosque on Friday in Egypt's North Sinai has risen to 305 killed, including 27 children, and 128 more people were wounded, MENA state news agency said on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the public prosecutor's office said that militant gunmen who killed more than 300 people in an attack on a mosque in Egypt's North Sinai on Friday were carrying an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) flag and were between 25 to 30 in number.
The gunmen, some wearing masks and military-style uniforms, surrounded the mosque blocking windows and a doorway and opened fire inside with automatic rifles, the statement citing their investigation and interviews with wounded survivors.
"They numbered between 25 and 30, carrying an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) flag and took up positions in front of the mosque door and its 12 windows with automatic rifles," the statement said on Saturday.
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