REPORT: Saudi names suspects in mosque bombings, offers $1 mln bounty

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03-06-2015 | 12:30
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REPORT: Saudi names suspects in mosque bombings, offers $1 mln bounty

Saudi Arabia offered a cash reward of 5 million riyals ($1.3 million) for information leading to the arrest of sixteen people it said were involved in two deadly mosque bombings claimed by Islamic State, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.

The ministry also offered a 7 million riyal reward for tips that would thwart any future attacks, according to a statement published by state news agency SPA.

A suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up on Friday outside a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in the city of Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia, killing himself and four other people.

The interior ministry identified the bomber as a Saudi citizen, 20-year old Khalid al-Wahbi al-Shemmari.

A week earlier, another suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shi'ite mosque in the nearby village of al-Qadeeh, killing 22 people.

The ministry published a list of sixteen men and their photographs on state TV, saying they were involved in the two attacks.

The Kingdom is also part of an international coalition bombing Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria, and the organization has threatened to launch revenge attacks.

Saudi and Gulf governments fear that the wars in the region, in which their Sunni allies are fighting groups close to Shi'ite archrival Iran, will radicalize their citizens and undermine their security.

 
 
REUTERS
 
 
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