2015 Arar attack

2015 Saudi Arabia attack

Location of Northern Borders Region, Saudi Arabia
Location Arar, Northern Borders Region, Saudi Arabia
Date 5 January 2015
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Deaths 5 (including the two perpetrators)
Non-fatal injuries
1
Suspected perpetrators
ISIS

On 5 January 2015, two men, one strapped with a suicide vest, ambushed a border guard patrol in Arar, Saudi Arabia along the border of Iraq, killing two guards and injuring another. The guards were able to return fire and kill one of the terrorists and afterwards the suicide bomber detonated his vest.[1][2][3][4][5]

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