Egyptian darkness

On the eve of Egypt, a large attack occurred. Extremists broke into the Sufi mosque of Er-Rauda near the city of El-Arish in the north of the Sinai Peninsula. Inside the building where Friday prayer was just taking place, the militants led the explosive device. Those who tried to flee, the terrorists shot, they opened fire and, along the doctors who arrived at the place of emergency, and then calmly disappeared into two SUVs. As a result of the attack, 235 people died, another 130 were injured and injured. This was reported on Twitter of the television channel Al Arabiya .

A three -day mourning was announced in the country, and the checkpoint on the border with the gas sector in the city of Rafach was also closed. Such a decision was made at a meeting on the President of Egypt Abdelfatta Sisi. This was reported by the Sky News Arabia news agency.

Also in the country, a special operation was launched, which was called "revenge for martyrs." At first, the destruction of 15 terrorists was reported, they were killed with the help of attacks on SUVs, which, presumably, were hidden by extremists. Later, Sky News Arabia, citing the Egypt police, announced the murder of another 30 militants during a raid in the village of Er Risan in the center of Sinai. Now the special operation is ongoing, the authorities are looking for training camps where the jihadists were prepared. At the same time, so far none of the groups has taken responsibility for the attack.

The heads of state, leaders of cities and regions expressed condolences to the Egyptians and the government of the country. The telegram was sent by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“The murder of civilians during the worship is striking in its cruelty and cynicism. Once again, we are convinced that terrorists are absolutely alien to the concepts of human morality, ”the Kremlin’s site quoted his words.

In solidarity with the Egyptians on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, lights were repaid.

“I express sincere condolences to the families of victims and my support to the victims. This night, at midnight, we will extinguish the lighting of the Eiffel Tower as a sign of mourning for victims in Egypt, as well as in order to emphasize the solidarity of Paris with this country, ”the mayor of Paris Ann Idalgo wrote on Twitter .

The situation in Sinai was commented on by the President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, who called on "harshly and peremptorly" to fight terrorists.

“And this struggle should not be a post-fact when we apply retaliatory measures, but in the bud, it is important to prevent the murder of people,” said the head of the subject of the Russian Federation in his telegram channel .

The terrorist attack clearly condemned Muslim spiritual leaders. This was told by the First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Muftiev of Russia Rushan Abbyasov.

“We very harshly condemn the manifestation of terrorism, which, as we see, in spite of everything, in spite of the Friday holiday of Muslims, when people are worshiping the Almighty, when they ask and pray him about peace and consent, people humbly stand on prayer, terrorists, bandits, and in violation of all canons commit such a serious crime. We angrily condemn this kind of phenomenon, ”he told Izvestia .

Some states warned their citizens that in the near future it was worth refraining from trips to Egypt. For example, the authorities of Ukraine did this. In the next three months, the head of the consular support department, Vasily Kirilich, spoke about the request not to visit the Arab country in the next three months.

“We recommend that Ukrainian citizens reconsider their plans for visiting Egypt during the action in the state of emergency and refrain without extreme need from traveling to this country,” Kirilich told Portalo 112 .

Recall that the Russians cannot directly fly to Egypt - after the terrorist attack over Sinai, when the militants blew up the Kogalymavia plane with 224 Russians on Bor, the air traffic with the Arab Republic was discontinued. From 2015 to this day, residents of the Russian Federation, if there is such a need, fly to Egypt through other countries.

Yesterday’s attack became the largest in the history of the state after the explosion of the Russian flight, but at the same time he only continued the attack chain. After the overthrow in 2011, Hosni Mubarak, Islamists inhabited the territory of Northern Sina, and the attacks here became regular.

So, in 2015, 27 terrorist attacks occurred in Egypt, in 2016-six terrorist acts, including an explosion at the Coptic Church, as a result of which 26 people were killed. In April of this year, two attacks were committed at once near the churches in Tantt and Alexandria. In total, about 50 people died. In May, a bus with cops was fired, as a result of which 28 people were killed, reminds theMir24 television channel.