Islamic State Claims It Shot Danish Citizen in Saudi Capital
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Supporters of Islamic State released a video purporting to show the shooting of a Danish citizen who was wounded in Riyadh last month, according to SITE Intel, which monitors jihadist groups.
The Al-Battar Media Foundation, which released the video, identified the group responsible for the attack as “Supporters of the Islamic State in the Land of the Two Holy Mosques,” a reference to Saudi Arabia, SITE Intel, based in Bethesda, Maryland, said on its website yesterday. The video shows a man rolling down the back seat window of a car and firing shots at a vehicle on a main road in Riyadh. The victim is identified in the video as Thomas Hopner. Bloomberg wasn’t able to independently verify the authenticity of the video.