Houthi missile (type not stated) and projectile attack on Place not stated · 22 May 2015
Qatif attack ‘divisive design’
- Date
- 22 May 2015 · 4 Sha'ban 1436 AH
- Place
- Place not stated
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Claimed by
- ISIS
- Weapons
- Bombing / IED, Projectile, Missile (type not stated)
- Outcome
- Struck target
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Reported by Saudi media
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Sources (5 reports in all)
- Qatif attack ‘divisive design’
“JEDDAH: A suicide bomber blew himself up during Friday prayer at a mosque in the village of Al-Qadeeh in eastern Saudi Arabia, killing 21 and wounding 100 others. “A suicide bomber detonated explosives he hid under his…”
- Houthi shells kill a child and injure 3 others in Saudi Arabia Al-Arabiya Saudi Arabiaقذائف حوثية تقتل طفلا وتصيب 3 آخرين في السعودية #العربية #السعودية (machine translation)
“Houthi projectiles kill a child and wound 3 others in Saudi Arabia http://t.co/nSTNZ1WOFD Al-Arabiya Al-Saudi http://t.co/vrmDJryguR”
- ISIS Claims Responsibility for Bombing at Saudi Mosque
“The attack on Shiites during midday Friday Prayer left at least 21 people dead, and some Saudis on social media rushed to blame Iran. The attack on Shiites during midday Friday Prayer left at least 21 people dead, and…”
- Saudi Clerics Urge Calm After Mosque Attack
“Saudi Arabia's top Sunni cleric on Saturday branded a deadly attack on Shi'ite Muslims a bid to sow chaos, after villagers targeted in the bombing vented their anger at what they saw as the Sunni-dominated government's…”
- Child killed in missile attack on Saudi border village