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Egypt
Ranking the third most terrorized African country, Egypt experienced the second largest terrorist attack of 2017, when the Sinai Province of the Islamic State, the deadliest group in the country attacked the al-Rawda mosque, killing 311 people and injuring 122.
The attack was the deadliest in Egyptian history, said the report. Also known as Wilayat Sinai, the Sinai Province of the Islamic State has targeted Egyptian security forces and soldiers as well as mosques and churches of Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority. In effect, in 2017, Egypt had 169 terror incidents compared to 539 in 2015, bringing to light the increased rate of terror attacks in the country.
