– SHIA MOSQUE IN SAUDI ARABIA BOMBED
Up to 20 people were killed and dozens injured after a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Shia Mosque, on Friday 05/22/2015,in the Saudi province of Qatif, according to news agencies.
The incident in the Imam Ali mosque, in the village of al-Qadeeh, which is located in the Qatif province, was confirmed by the kingdom’s state news agency.
More details will be provided later, a spokesman for the Saudi interior ministry was quoted by SPA as saying.
Saudi Arabia is engaged in a regional war in the Middle East between Sunnis, led by Saudi Arabia, and Shiites, led by Iran, and specifically against the Shia Houthis in Yemen (see – operation ‘ Decisive Storm’ ).
* Few hours after the bombing I.S.I.S, in the first announcement by the Saudi branch of the organisation, claimed responsibility for the attack.
* Indeed Saudi Arabia has confirmed, on Sunday 05/24/2015, an Islamic State militant, a Saudi citizen Saleh bin Abdulrahman Al-Qashaam, who was wanted for being an active member of an Islamic State-linked terrorist cell, carried out the bombing and that the explosive use in the bombing was a military-grade compound known as RDX.
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