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Militants used rocket-propelled grenades to slaughter mosque worshipers

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The Islamic extremists who attacked a crowded mosque in Egypt’s northern Sinai Friday, killing at least 235 people, used rocket-propelled grenades to…
The Islamic extremists who attacked a crowded mosque in Egypt’s northern Sinai Friday, killing at least 235 people, used rocket-propelled grenades to slaughter worshipers as they fled the building.
At least a dozen militants charged into the al-Rouda mosque, which is frequented by Sufis, on Friday afternoon and opened fire on the crowd, the main cleric at the house of worship, Sheikh Mohamed Abdel Fatah Zowraiq, told the Associated Press.
Officials said the attackers fired rocket-propelled grenades and gunned down men as they fled the mosque, according to state news agency MENA .
Abdullah Abdel-Nasser, 14, said the bloodbath began just as the cleric was about to begin his sermon — and, at one point, a militant told children to leave.
“I saw many people on the floor, many dead. I don’t think anyone survived,” he said at a hospital in Ismailia, where he was being treated for a shoulder wound.
Mohammed Ali said 18 members of his extended family were killed by the militants, who were able to escape before being confronted by security forces.
“Where was the army? It’s only a few kilometers away. This is the question we cannot find an answer to,” he said.
Some jihadist groups consider Sufi Muslims to be heretics — and a local ISIS affiliate has targeted members of the movement in the past.
With Post wires

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