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2016 Saudi Arabia bombings
Part of Terrorism in Saudi Arabia
LocationMedina, Jeddah and Qatif
Date4 July 2016; 7 years ago (2016-07-04)
Attack type
Car bombing, suicide bombing
Deaths4 (+4 perpetrators, including Fayaz Kagzi)[1]
Injured7

On 4 July 2016, four suicide bombs exploded in three locations in Saudi Arabia. One of these exploded in the parking lots of the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi,[2][3] killing at least four people.[4] The second and third suicide bombers targeted a Shia mosque in Qatif, but they failed to harm anyone but themselves.[5] A fourth militant blew himself up after police tried to arrest him near the U.S. consulate in Jeddah. Two Saudi Arabian police officers were injured.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "How DNA samples from a Beed family identified a suicide bomber in Saudi". Indianexpress.com. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Medina blast: Saudi city 'hit by suicide bomber' – BBC News". Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. ^ "The Latest: Explosion near one of Islam's holiest sites". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference cnn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Saudi Arabia: Bombings target Medina and Qatif mosques".

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