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Egypt: Sinai Mosque explossion and gun attack.

More than 100 people are said to be dead and 80 wounded due to bomb explosion and gun attack that occurred  in Northern Sinai Egypt.This explosion occured as people gathering for friday prayer at Sinai Mosque in Egypt.The explosion is accompanied by suspected militants as they targeted securities forces in the attacks such that, those fleeing the mosque were then reportedly attacked by gunmen.according to Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm.
 The office of Egyptian President Abdelfattah El-Sisi has declared three days of mourning, according to Shorouk News.
 Sinai Peninsula has been the scene of numerous clashes between government forces and armed movements. President El-Sisi described it as a 'nesting ground for terrorism' following a suicide bombing that killed 31 soldiers in 2014, Egyptian media recall.while in 2015 battling an Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) insurgency in north Sinai, where militants have killed hundreds of police and soldiers.

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