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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egyptian-village-where-mosque-was-attacked-had-been-warned/2017/11/26/1f10e96a-d2d4-11e7-9ad9-ca0619edfa05_story.html

Egyptian Village Where Mosque Was Attacked Had Been Warned

(AP-Washington Post) Hamza Hendawi - Elders of a village in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula where militants killed 305 people in a mosque had been warned by Islamic State operatives to stop collaborating with security forces and to suspend Sufi rituals, security officials and residents said Sunday. As many as 15 million Egyptians belong to Sufi orders. Mohammed Ibrahim, a university student from the village, said militants had warned residents a few days before Friday's attack not to collaborate with security forces, following the detention three weeks ago by villagers of three militants who were handed over to security forces.

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