A suicide bomber has blown himself at a Shiite mosque on Friday, May 22nd in the east of Saudi Arabia during Friday prayers. Local residents say the explosion has killed at least 20 and wounded dozens. The number of casualties expected to rise, according to the Reuters.
The blast took place at the Imam Ali mosque in the town of al-Qadeeh, Qatif province. One witness said there were at least 30 casualties in the attack, where more than 150 people were praying.
“We were doing the first part of the prayers when we heard the blast,” Kamal Jaafar Hassan, one of the worshipers, told Reuters by telephone from the scene.
The Saudi state has confirmed that an explosion took place at a mosque in the east of the country.
Emergency vehicles were already at the site of the blast. Inside the mosque, glass has been shattered; pieces of concrete, perhaps from the ceiling, are littered across the floor.
The al-Qadeeh town is home to Saudi Arabia’s Shiite minority, in a country which is predominantly Sunni.

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