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| IS suicide attack on mosque for Saudi forces kills 15 | |
| 2015-08-07 | |
| [DAWN] A blast probably triggered by a jacket wallah killed 15 people on Thursday at a mosque inside a special forces headquarters in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... near the border with Yemen. An interior ministry front man said the terrorist attack took place during noon prayers in the city of Abha, in the southern province of Asir. Twelve of those killed were members of a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit, while the other three were workers at the compound, officials said. Seven people were also maimed. The self-styled Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS) has grabbed credit for the attack. Thursday's bombing was the deadliest in a series in recent weeks against Saudi security forces, who have been targeted in attacks blamed on IS. "The terrorist attack struck worshippers during prayer," the front man said, giving an initial toll of 10 coppers and three workers killed and nine people maimed. Al-Akhbariya state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? later said that two coppers maimed in the "heinous" attack had died, bringing the corpse count to 15. The interior ministry front man said the attack was likely carried out by a suicide bomber, saying that "body parts found at the scene" indicated the use of explosive vests. The governor of Asir province, Prince Faisal bin Khaled bin Abdel Aziz, visited the site of the attack and the maimed in hospital, condemning the bombing. "The attack is aimed at destabilising the country and sowing fear among citizens," he said, according to the official Saudi Press agency (SPA).
A statement circulating on Twitter said an Islamic State suicide bomber had attacked a "military camp" in Asir province. It did not mention a mosque and Rooters could not verify the statement's authenticity. "He (the suicide bomber) was able to infiltrate security barriers and reach their wicked gathering inside a training camp in Abha City in the Asir area where the force of the kaboom led to the death and injury of dozens," the statement, purporting to come from Islamic State, said. | |
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