Medina: Two people have been killed in an explosion outside the Prophet’s Mosque in the Saudi Arabian city of Medina, says report.
Blast outside Prophet’s Mosque in Medina: Saudi media. (AFP)
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 4, 2016
Explosions near mosque in Qatif, Saudi Arabia.
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Photos on social media show smoke billowing from a fire outside the mosque where Prophet Muhammad is buried.
Another Ramadan attack: reports of a suicide bombing in #Medina. Image via @NoorPunasiya pic.twitter.com/SmKW5vk1Wa
— Dhruva Jaishankar (@d_jaishankar) July 4, 2016
Two other explosions struck near a mosque in the eastern city of Qatif on the Gulf coast on Monday evening, residents said.
Witnesses said a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shia mosque without causing any other injuries. They reported seeing body parts lying on the ground in the city’s business district.
After this incident common men took their twitter to express themselves.
My heart is crying right now! Our Ummah is bleeding 💔 Its time to stand united against this madness, against this terrorism. #Medina
— Farva Abbas (@BhuttoFarwaaa) July 4, 2016
“Suicide bomber for sure. I can see the body” which was blasted to pieces, a resident told the AFP news agency.
Nasima al-Sada, another resident, told AFP that “one bomber blew himself up near the mosque”.
(Input taken from AFP)