A priest was declared dead earlier on Thursday after a gunman attacked him in a city in North Sinai where authorities are battling an extremist insurgency، security officials and the Coptic Church said. Raphael Moussa، 46، was killed instantly when an unidentified man shot him in the head while he was waiting next to his car in North Sinai capital El-Arish، Boulos Halim، a church spokesman said. Moussa had earlier left the church where he attended a mass، Halim said.