Egypt terror gang flew IS flag as they killed 305

TERRORISTS who slaughtered 305 people as they worshipped at a mosque in Egypt were carrying an Islamic State flag and wearing masks, it has emerged.

Up to 30 gunmen surrounded the Al Rawdah mosque in the north of the Sinai peninsula, blocking off escape routes with burnt-out cars before launching a 20-minute killing spree to screams of ‘Allahu Akbar’ – God is greater.

The Egyptian public prosecutor’s office said the gunmen, wearing military-style uniforms, used automatic rifles and grenades in the deadliest attack by Islamic extremists in the country’s modern history.

‘They numbered between 25 and 30, carrying the Daesh flag and took up positions in front of the mosque door and its 12 windows with automatic rifles,’ a statement said, using the Arabic term for Islamic State.

Many victims were Sufis, a mystical Islamic sect despised by Sunni jihadis. A further 128 people were wounded in Friday’s attack. Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi vowed to avenge the killings.