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MowCowWhoHow III

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Fri Jan 29, 2016, 10:34 AM Jan 2016

Saudi mosque bombing kills four, wounds 18

Source: AFP

Riyadh (AFP) - Four people were killed and 18 wounded on Friday when a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Shiite-populated eastern Saudi Arabia, state media said.

The Al-Ekhbariya news channel quoted an interior ministry spokesman as giving the new toll, up from two dead and seven wounded earlier.

Residents said the mosque belonged to the minority Shiite community.

In a written statement, the ministry said security personnel prevented two bombers from getting inside the Al-Rida mosque in the Mahasen neighbourhood of Al-Ahsa city during the main weekly prayers.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/gun-bomb-attack-shiite-mosque-saudi-residents-111426760.html



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