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Daesh claims suicide bombing in Saudi Arabia

Published August 6th, 2015 - 05:29 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Daesh (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in a mosque in Saudi Arabia that killed 15 people, AFP reported Thursday.

The attack, in the southern city of Abdha, was claimed online by a Daesh-affiliated group calling itself al-Hijaz Province.

The bomb targeted a mosque inside Saudi special forces' headquarters and was detonated by a member of the group with an explosive vest, according to the online statement. 

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