2015_Abha_mosque_bombing

2015 Abha mosque bombing

2015 Abha mosque bombing

Suicide bombing by the Islamic State in Abha, Saudi Arabia

The 2015 Abha mosque bombing occurred on 6 August 2015, when a suicide bomb attack killed 17 people at a mosque in the south-western Saudi Arabian city of Abha.[1][2][3][4][5]

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Responsibility for the attack, in a city near Saudi Arabia's southern border with Yemen, a country presently torn apart by the Yemeni Civil War, was claimed by a self-described affiliate of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria calling itself Hijaz Province of the Islamic State.[6][7]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Suicide bomber kills 15 in Saudi security site mosque". Reuters UK. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Saudi says its citizen carried out mosque suicide blast". Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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    Kareem Shaheen (6 August 2015). "Islamic State claims suicide bombing at Saudi Arabian mosque". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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    Hubbard, Ben (6 August 2015). "At Least 15 die at Saudi Mosque from Suicide Bomber". The New York Times.
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    Saudi Gazette. "Terror strikes mosque in Abha". Archived from the original on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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    al-Shihri, Abdullah (7 August 2015). "Saudi Arabia mosque bombing that killed 15 claimed by 'new' Islamic State group". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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    "Islamic State group claims Saudi mosque suicide blast". BBC News. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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