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November 24, 2017

Breaking: At least 54 killed in Egypt mosque attack

Breaking: At least 54 killed in Egypt mosque attack

Somali security officers patrol on the scene of the explosion of a truck bomb in the centre of Mogadishu, on October 15, 2017. A truck bomb exploded outside a hotel at a busy junction in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on October 14, 2017 causing widespread devastation that left at least 20 dead, with the toll likely to rise. / AFP PHOTO

Armed assailants killed at least 54 people in an attack on a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai on Friday, state television reported.

At least 75 more people were wounded in the attack that targeted worshippers during weekly Friday prayers, the report said.