AMMAM: A bombing took place outside a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia's Dammam city at the time of Friday prayers.
Reuters reported that a car exploded near a Shia mosque in Dammam on Friday, killing two people, a witness said.
The witness, identified only as Ahmed, told Reuters he was with his family near the mosque when "a quick explosion" happened. He did not know the cause of the blast.
He said acquaintances at the mosque told him an attendant was killed along with a bomber when he tried to prevent him from reaching it.
Initial reports state the bombing was carried out by a suicide bomber. There are some reports that suggest the bomb was planted in a car.
Last Friday, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb at a mosque in Shia-majority Qatif during Friday weekly prayers killing 21 people and wounding several others. The self-styled Islamic State (IS) group said in an online statement that it had carried out the deadly suicide bomb attack last week,
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Reuters reported that a car exploded near a Shia mosque in Dammam on Friday, killing two people, a witness said.
The witness, identified only as Ahmed, told Reuters he was with his family near the mosque when "a quick explosion" happened. He did not know the cause of the blast.
He said acquaintances at the mosque told him an attendant was killed along with a bomber when he tried to prevent him from reaching it.
Initial reports state the bombing was carried out by a suicide bomber. There are some reports that suggest the bomb was planted in a car.
Last Friday, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb at a mosque in Shia-majority Qatif during Friday weekly prayers killing 21 people and wounding several others. The self-styled Islamic State (IS) group said in an online statement that it had carried out the deadly suicide bomb attack last week,
Read: Deadly suicide blast at mosque in Saudi Arabia kills 21
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly
Reports of blast near Saudi Arabia mosque, two killed - World - DAWN.COM
