Explosions Near Medina And Qatif Mosques
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published July 04, 2016 | 11:26 PM
Medina, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 4th july, 2016) : Qatif, the Eastern city of Saudi Arab shook by two suicide bomb blasts. Al-Arabiya tv also described a suicide eruption near the safety headquarters of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina.
On the Gulf coast, in Qatif witnesses said a suicide attacker blew himself up outside a Shia mosque on Monday evening without causing any other injuries. Khaled Batarfi, a Saudi Gazette columnist, told Al Jazeera, "We are in the last 10 days of Ramadan and those places are crowded because of that for Maghreb prayers.
" Early on Monday morning, two security officers were injured as a suicide bomber blustered himself up near the US consulate in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah.
According to the Arab media, 10 persons are pronounced dead due to blast. No further details were given by the Arab authorities yet. Arab Emirate tightens its security because it’s being targeted by the extremist groups previously. Emergency forces are being alert due to these frequent incidents especially in neighboring country Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait.
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