Mosque Attack In Egypt’s Sinai Kills At Least 305

Egyptians gather outside a mosque in the Sinai Peninsula where assailants carried out a bombing and shooting attack during Friday prayers, according to the state news agency.

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Updated at 6:36 a.m. ET Saturday

A terrorist attack that targeted a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has left at least 305 people dead and more than 120 wounded Friday, according to the public prosecutor’s office.

The death toll makes it the deadliest attack in the country’s recent history.