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Injured people are evacuated from the scene of a militant attack on a mosque in Bir al-Abd in the northern Sinai Peninsula of Egypt on Friday, November 24, 2017. (AP Photo)
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Bodies are seen inside Al Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt, in this still taken from video.
In the deadliest-ever attack by Islamic extremists in Egypt, militants assaulted a crowded mosque Friday during prayers, blasting helpless worshippers with gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades and blocking their escape routes. (Reuters TV/ via Reuters)
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More than 200 people were killed before the assailants got away. Here, Abdallah Abdel Nasser, 14, receives medical treatment at Suez Canal University hospital in Ismailia, Egypt, on Friday after he was in injured during the mosque attack. (AP/PTI)
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Following the attack, Egyptian military reportedly launched air strikes on targets in mountainous areas around Bir al-Abed. Seen here is the exterior of Al Rawdah mosque is seen in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt, on Friday. (Reuters TV/ via Reuters)
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No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. Here, blood is seen on the carpet inside Al Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt, in this still taken from video. (Reuters TV/ via Reuters)
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Mohamed Emam the Press Center General Director, left, speaks as Head of the Egyptian Press Syndicate Diaa Rashwan, right, prepares to brief the press on the militant attack that sprayed worshippers with gunfire and explosions and killing more than 200 people in the Sinai Peninsula, during a press conference, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP)
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi is seen during a meeting with government members on the mosque attack in North Sinai, in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday in this handout picture courtesy of the Egyptian Presidency. (The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via Reuters)
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Diaa Rashwan briefs the press on the militant attack on the mosque which targeted a mosque frequented by Sufis, members of a mystic movement within Islam, in the north Sinai town of Bir al-Abd. Islamic militants, including the local affiliate of the Islamic State group, consider Sufis heretics because of their less literal interpretations of the faith. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
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Relatives of Sheikh Sulieman Ghanem, 75, center, surround him as he receives medical treatment at Suez Canal University hospital in Ismailia, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, after he was injured during an attack on a mosque. (AP)
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