2015 Abha mosque bombing
| 2015 Saudi Arabia attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of Military intervention against ISIL | |
 | |
| Location | Abha, Asir, Saudi Arabia |
| Coordinates | 18°13′1″N 42°30′19″E / 18.21694°N 42.50528°E |
| Date | August 6, 2015 |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Deaths | 15 [1] |
Non-fatal injuries | 1 |
| Perpetrator |
 ISIL |
The 2015 Abha mosque bombing occurred on 6 August 2015, when a suicide bomb attack killed 15 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]
See also
- Qatif and Dammam mosque bombings
- 2015 Arar attack
- Najran shelling
- Kuwait mosque bombing
- Terrorism in Saudi Arabia
- List of terrorist incidents, 2015
References
- 1 2 "Suicide bomber kills 15 in Saudi security site mosque". Reuters UK. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ↑ "Saudi says its citizen carried out mosque suicide blast". Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ Kareem Shaheen. "Islamic State claims suicide bombing at Saudi Arabian mosque". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/world/middleeast/suicide-bombing-saudi-arabia.html?_r=0
- ↑ Saudi Gazette. "Terror strikes mosque in Abha". Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ al-Shihri, Abdullah (7 August 2015). "Saudi Arabia mosque bombing that killed 15 claimed by 'new' Islamic State group". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ "Islamic State group claims Saudi mosque suicide blast". BBC News. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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