Heartbreaking: Egypt Mosque Attack Death Toll Rises to 305, Including 27 Children

 

It has been revealed that the death toll from an attack on a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai has alarmingly risen to 305.

 

This includes about 27 children.

 

Accordig to Agence France Presse, AFP, the state prosecution made this known on Saturday in a statement detailing the gruesome massacre.

 

It said there were between 25 and 30 attackers with long hair and beards, dressed in camouflage and flying a black banner with the Muslim profession of faith on it, which could be a description of the Islamic State group’s flag.

 

They surrounded the mosque and opened fire on the worshippers on Friday, it said.

 

The attackers had arrived in five all-terrain vehicles and later set fire to seven cars belonging to the worshippers.

 

The statement said witnesses recounted hearing gunshots and explosions before some of the assailants entered the mosque.