2015 Abha mosque bombing explained

2015 Saudi Arabia attack
Partof:Military intervention against ISIL
Location:Abha, Asir, Saudi Arabia
Coordinates:18.2169°N 42.5053°W
Date:August 6, 2015
Type:Suicide bombing
Fatalities:17
Injuries:1
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Perp: ISIL
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The 2015 Abha mosque bombing occurred on 6 August 2015, when a suicide bomb attack killed 17 people at a mosque in the south-western Saudi Arabian city of Abha.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Responsibility for the attack, in a city near Saudi Arabia's southern border with Yemen, a country presently torn apart by the Yemeni Civil War, was claimed by a self-described affiliate of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria calling itself Hijaz Province of the Islamic State.[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Suicide bomber kills 15 in Saudi security site mosque. Reuters UK. 6 August 2015. 6 August 2015.
  2. Web site: Saudi says its citizen carried out mosque suicide blast. 11 August 2015.
  3. Web site: Islamic State claims suicide bombing at Saudi Arabian mosque. Kareem Shaheen. the Guardian. 6 August 2015. 11 August 2015.
  4. News: At Least 15 die at Saudi Mosque from Suicide Bomber. The New York Times. 6 August 2015. Hubbard. Ben.
  5. Web site: Terror strikes mosque in Abha. Saudi Gazette. 11 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150810235712/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20150807252651. 10 August 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  6. News: al-Shihri. Abdullah. Saudi Arabia mosque bombing that killed 15 claimed by 'new' Islamic State group . 7 August 2015. Sydney Morning Herald. 7 August 2015.
  7. News: Islamic State group claims Saudi mosque suicide blast. BBC News. 6 August 2015. 11 August 2015.