ATLANTA, Nov 24 (KUNA) -- US President Donald Trump called Friday the mosque attack in Egypt's northern Sinai as a "horrible and cowardly terrorist attack." In a tweet, Trump said "horrible and cowardly terrorist attack on innocent and defenseless worshippers in Egypt." He stressed that "the world cannot tolerate terrorism, we must defeat them militarily and discredit the extremist ideology that forms the basis of their existence." Meanwhile, the White House said in a statement that that the US "condemns in the strongest terms today's horrific terrorist attack" which killed 235 people and injured 109 others.
It added "we stand with the people and government of Egypt against terrorism.
"There can be no tolerance for barbaric groups that claim to act in the name of a faith but attack houses of worship and murder the innocent and defenseless while at prayer," it stressed.
The White House affirmed that the international community "must continue to strengthen its efforts to defeat terrorist groups that threaten the United States and our partners and we must collectively discredit the extremist ideology that forms the basis of their existence." A bomb attack targeting Al-Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, west of Arish city in North Sinai, killed 235 people and wounded 109 others. (end) si.bs