Suicide Attack on Saudi Shiite Mosque Kills at Least 20 (+Video)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - At least 20 people were killed and several others injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia during Friday prayers.
Security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the attack took place at Imam Ali (PBUH) Mosque in the village of al-Qadeeh, located in the oil-rich kingdom’s Qatif district and more than 420 kilometers (260 miles) east of the capital, Riyadh, when a bomber blew himself up as more than 150 people had gathered for Friday prayers.
“We were doing the first part of the prayers when we heard the blast,” Kamal Jaafar Hassan, one of the worshipers, said, according to Press TV.
Meanwhile, Al Jazeera said authorities expected the death toll to rise.
Saudi Arabia's Shiite population is mostly based in two oasis districts of the Eastern Province -Qatif on the Persian Gulf coast, and al-Ahsa, southwest of the provincial capital al-Khobar.
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