Egypt raises death toll in mosque attack to 305
CAIRO - Egypt's chief prosecutor says in a statement that the attack on a Sinai mosque has killed 305 people, including 27 children. In a statement Saturday, Nabil Sadeq says the attack a day earlier also left 128 people wounded. Sadeq says it was carried out by 25-30 militants who arrived at the mosque in the small town of Bir al-Abd in five all-terrain vehicles. He says the militants stationed themselves at the mosque's main door and 12 windows before ope
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