Egyptian football players condemn Arish mosque attack

CAIRO – 24 November 2017: Egyptian players condemned the Arish mosque attack on their official account on Twitter.

Mohamed El-Nenny, Arsenal’s midfielder, tweeted his condolences: “Terrorism didn’t need to target a mosque to prove that it has no religion. 235 martyrs were acquitted from the mosque to heaven in their blessed gathering, leaving ours sadly, we had enough bloodshed, enough killing innocent souls, enough terrorism.”

Terrorism didn’t need to target a mosque to prove that it has no religion. 235 martyrs were acquitted from the mosque to heaven in their blessed gathering, leaving ours sadly, we had enough bloodshed, enough killing innocent souls, enough terrorism. https://t.co/dTse7nnW7H

— Mohamed ELNeny (@ElNennyM) November 24, 2017

Mohamed Abou Trika, former Al-Ahly legend, expressed his sadness and tweeted: “God bless Al-Rouda`s mosque martyrs, God save our country Egypt.”

رحم الله شهداء مسجد الروضة واسكنهم فسيح جناته وحفظ الله بلدنا مصر من كل مكروه وسوء

— محمد أبوتريكة (@trikaofficial) November 24, 2017

Mohamed Salah, Liverpool`s winger, tweeted: “My sincere condolences to the Egyptian people and to all the families of martyrs of Al-Arish Mosque “

خالص العزاء للشعب المصري ولكل أسر شهداء مسجد العريش...

— Mohamed Salah (@22mosalah) November 24, 2017

A number of militants stormed Al-Rawdah mosque in west Arish City during Friday prayers, and detonated an explosive device. The mosque was damaged as a result of the bombing.

Security and medical sources in the area reported that the police halted traffic on Arish-Qantara Road, and deployed ambulance vehicles to transport the injured to the hospital.

The death toll of the militant attack rose to 235 people and 109 injured, according to Prosecutor General Nabil Sadeq.