Sisi vows to respond to Sinai attack 'with brute force'

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi promised to respond “using brute force” after a deadly terrorist attack on a mosque in the Sinai Peninsula killed at least 235 people.

Al-Sisi said that the military and police “will avenge our martyrs” and will respond “using brute force against those fragments of terrorists,” quoted the Al-Ahram newspaper.

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