Earlier on Friday, a suicide bomber had set off an explosion
during weekly prayers at a Shia mosque, leaving at least 21 dead.
The ministry spokesman called the attack an act of
terrorism, vowing that "Security authorities will spare no effort in the
pursuit of all those involved in this terrorist crime".
Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra, reporting from the capital
Riyadh, said authorities expected the death toll to rise.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has
claimed in an online statement that it carried out a deadly suicide bomb attack
at a mosque in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province of Qatif.
The statement said "the soldiers of the Caliphate"
were behind Friday's attack by a suicide bomber "who detonated an
explosives belt" in the mosque in the Shia-majority city of Qatif.
The group identified the bomber as Abu Amer al-Najdi, and
published a picture of him.
Saudi Arabia's Shia population is mostly based in two oasis districts of the Eastern Province, Qatif on the Gulf coast, and al-Ahsa, southwest of
the provincial capital al-Khobar.
Saudi Arabia's Shia population is mostly based in two oasis districts of the Eastern Province, Qatif on the Gulf coast, and al-Ahsa, southwest of
the provincial capital al-Khobar.
Source: Al Jazeera
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