An Islamic State jihadist killed three people Friday when he blew himself up in a car outside a Shiite mosque in Saudi Arabia, the second such attack in a week.
The bombing, again coinciding with weekly Friday prayers, took place in the oil-rich Eastern Province where most of the predominantly Sunni kingdom’s Shiites live.
It killed three people and wounded four, the interior ministry said.
The suicide bomber -- disguised in women’s clothing -- detonated his device at the entrance to the mosque, said the official Saudi Press Agency, citing a ministry spokesman.
'Authorities have managed to foil a terrorist crime targeting people performing the Friday prayers at Al-Anoud mosque in Dammam,' the provincial capital, he said.
The bomber 'detonated the explosive belt he was wearing at the mosque entrance as security officials were on their way to inspect him', he said, citing preliminary results of the investigation.
The explosion happened just as the attacker’s vehicle stopped at a car park near the mosque, the spokesman said.
Friday’s blast came exactly seven days after the jihadist group sent a suicide bomber into another Shiite mosque in Eastern Province, an attack which cost 21 lives.
After the May 22 attack, residents had set up security committees to search those entering mosques during prayers, witnesses said.
The bombing, again coinciding with weekly Friday prayers, took place in the oil-rich Eastern Province where most of the predominantly Sunni kingdom’s Shiites live.
It killed three people and wounded four, the interior ministry said.
The suicide bomber -- disguised in women’s clothing -- detonated his device at the entrance to the mosque, said the official Saudi Press Agency, citing a ministry spokesman.
'Authorities have managed to foil a terrorist crime targeting people performing the Friday prayers at Al-Anoud mosque in Dammam,' the provincial capital, he said.
The bomber 'detonated the explosive belt he was wearing at the mosque entrance as security officials were on their way to inspect him', he said, citing preliminary results of the investigation.
The explosion happened just as the attacker’s vehicle stopped at a car park near the mosque, the spokesman said.
Friday’s blast came exactly seven days after the jihadist group sent a suicide bomber into another Shiite mosque in Eastern Province, an attack which cost 21 lives.
After the May 22 attack, residents had set up security committees to search those entering mosques during prayers, witnesses said.
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