Trump responds to Egypt massacre: 'Horrible and cowardly terrorist attack'

President Trump denounced the recent attack on a Sufi mosque in Sinai, Egypt that claimed over 235 lives and left more than 100 people injured.

“Horrible and cowardly terrorist attack on innocent and defenseless worshipers in Egypt,” Trump said in a Friday tweet. “The world cannot tolerate terrorism, we must defeat them militarily and discredit the extremist ideology that forms the basis of their existence!”

The killings were reportedly carried out with the use of bombs and guns and amid Friday prayers, notes the BBC.

No group immediately came forward to claim responsibility.

“The worshipers at the mosque were Sufi Muslims, who practice a mystical form of Islam that some orthodox Muslims and Sunni extremists consider heretical,” according to the New York Times.

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