A suicide bomber targeted a mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia, as worshippers were commemorating the 7th century birth of a revered Shiite figure on Friday, killing 19 people, the Interior Ministry and residents said.
Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry initially reported that an explosion struck a mosque in the eastern province of Qatif after Friday prayers, without providing further details. It later confirmed that a suicide bomber, who hid the explosives under his clothes, was behind the attack.
Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Mansour al-Turki said in a statement that Friday’s attack struck the Imam Ali mosque in a village called al-Qudeeh.
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