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Saudi king says heartbroken over mosque attack, promises justice

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Saudi Arabia's King Salman promised on Sunday to punish those responsible for the recent suicide attack of the above Shiite mosque in the country's east - a rare occurrence in the kingdom.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman promised on Sunday to punish those responsible for the recent suicide attack of the above Shiite mosque in the country’s east – a rare occurrence in the kingdom.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman said on Sunday he was heartbroken over a suicide bombing that killed 21 people at a Shi’ite mosque in the kingdom, state news agency SPA reported, a conciliatory statement as sectarian strife intensifies in the region.

Salman said anyone linked to the attack, claimed by the Islamist militant group Islamic State, or who sympathized with it, would be brought to justice.

“We were pained by the enormity of the crime of this terrorist aggression which contradicts Islamic and humanitarian values,” the king said in a message to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, who is also the interior minister.

A Sunni Muslim militant blew himself up in the al-Qadeeh village mosque in Saudi Arabia’s heavily Shi’ite east during Friday prayers, in one of the worst attacks in the kingdom in years.

The Saudi Interior Ministry said there was evidence of a link between Islamic State’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and a militant cell in Saudi Arabia that had included the mosque bomber, identified as Saudi citizen Saleh bin Abdul Rahman Saleh Qashimi.

An unidentified subordinate of Baghdadi communicated with five Saudi men, now in Saudi custody, belonging to the same cell as Qashimi, ministry spokesman Bassam al-Attiyeh said.

“We’re talking about a terrorist infrastructure, we’re talking about a very broad organization that operates within the country,” al-Attiyeh told reporters in the capital Riyadh.

“This organization starts with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and under him the suspect whom we’ve mentioned, and one grade below him their combat and bombing wing … under which is the killings and assassinations wing which undertook the al-Qadeeh incident.”

The bombing in Saudi Arabia has come as tensions between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims are on the increase in the region. Some clerics in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam and mainstay of its Sunni denomination, are deeply hostile toward Shi’ites, whom they regard as apostates.

Saudi Arabia is also part of an international coalition carrying out bombing strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria, and Islamic State has threatened to launch revenge attacks.

Saudi and Gulf governments fear that sectarian wars in Yemen, Syria and Iraq where they and other Sunni Muslim allies are fighting groups close to Shi’ite archrival Iran will radicalize their citizens.

REUTERS

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5 responses to “Saudi king says heartbroken over mosque attack, promises justice”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Speaking of too many wings on a chicken ….
    When they told this guy to go to ‘get bombed’ he ‘fouled up’ the translation & instructions too.
    But he didn’t come back to roost either … and just as well, because he was plucked anyway.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Must have been only a ‘First Degree’ belter.

    2. man-o-war Avatar
      man-o-war

      A very dangerous halloween costume, lol

  2. Caribbean Avatar
    Caribbean

    He’s heartbroken because enough Shiites didn’t died in the bombing

  3. vs Avatar
    vs

    The Sunni militia fighters ousted the al-Houthi clan located in the south Yemeni city Dalea. This was the first major success of supporters of President Abd Rabbo
    Mansour Hadi, who left the country under pressure from the
    Iranian-backed Huthis.
    Dalea was considered stronghold of South Yemen and the key to the south of the country. Fighting continued in the city for about two months. At some point, a large part of it was under the control of rebels. Most of the houses in the village suffered extensive damage.
    According to local residents, in recent days in the area of ​​Dalea particularly proactive aviation coalition of Arab countries. Air Force not only bombed positions of Huthis, but dropped arms and ammunition to their opponents.
    In the city of Taiz intense fighting continues. Huthis, backed by tanks and rockets have been able to build on this success, a foothold in the city center. According to doctors, a rocket attack killed 10 people, 80 were injured.
    Supporters of Hadi went on the offensive and in the framework of the 33rd Armored Brigade in the vicinity of Dalea. They managed to capture some of the military installation. Among the trophies were six tanks

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