Suicide Bomb Strikes Saudi Mosque as Islamic State Claims Attack
Emergency personnel attend the site of a bomb blast at the Shiite Imam Ali mosque during Friday prayers in a village in the eastern province of Qatif, Saudi Arabia, 22 May 2015.
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A suicide bomber struck a mosque in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich eastern region, leaving at least 21 people dead in an attack on the kingdom’s Shiite minority that was claimed by Islamic State.
The attack took place in the town of Qudeih in Qatif province, the official Saudi Press Agency said. Islamic State said on Twitter that it was responsible. The jihadist group has carried out attacks in the past in the region, where most Saudi Shiites live. The SPA put the death toll at 21 and said more than 100 were injured.