Suicide bomber planning to attack Mecca's Grand Mosque blows himself up:
Saudi ArabiaAP | Updated: Jun 24, 2017, 07.46 AM IST
HIGHLIGHTS
Saudi security forces foiled a terror plot targeting the Grand Mosque in Mecca
Five people, including a woman, were arrested Friday in security operations in Mecca
The interior ministry said an attack on the mosque was being planned by three terrorist groups
File photo of the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. (Credits: Reuters)
RIYADH: Saudi security forces foiled a terror plot targeting the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, exchanging gunfire with one of the suspects who blew himself up inside a home Friday, Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said.
Five people, including a woman, were arrested Friday in security operations in Mecca, the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news website said, citing the security spokesman of the Saudi Interior Ministry, Mansour al-Turki.
The interior ministry said an attack on the mosque was being planned by three terrorist groups, two based in Mecca and a third in Jeddah.
Top CommentWTF now Muslims blowing up there own God... what else can we expect from these monsters... fake religion fake people...Great Maratha King
Al-Arabiya said a suicide bomber hiding in a house in the Ajyad al-Masafi neighborhood of Mecca opened fire on security forces and later blew himself up. Five security force members and six other people were injured, the report said.
The Grand Mosque houses Islam's holiest site, the cube-shaped Kaaba that Islam's followers pray toward five times a day.
HIGHLIGHTS
Saudi security forces foiled a terror plot targeting the Grand Mosque in Mecca
Five people, including a woman, were arrested Friday in security operations in Mecca
The interior ministry said an attack on the mosque was being planned by three terrorist groups
File photo of the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. (Credits: Reuters)
RIYADH: Saudi security forces foiled a terror plot targeting the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, exchanging gunfire with one of the suspects who blew himself up inside a home Friday, Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said.
Five people, including a woman, were arrested Friday in security operations in Mecca, the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news website said, citing the security spokesman of the Saudi Interior Ministry, Mansour al-Turki.
The interior ministry said an attack on the mosque was being planned by three terrorist groups, two based in Mecca and a third in Jeddah.
Top CommentWTF now Muslims blowing up there own God... what else can we expect from these monsters... fake religion fake people...Great Maratha King
Al-Arabiya said a suicide bomber hiding in a house in the Ajyad al-Masafi neighborhood of Mecca opened fire on security forces and later blew himself up. Five security force members and six other people were injured, the report said.
The Grand Mosque houses Islam's holiest site, the cube-shaped Kaaba that Islam's followers pray toward five times a day.
