Hezbollah gunfire / clash attack on Qatif · 24 August 2016
Saudi Arabia: A terrorist attack on a mosque in Qatif foiled and the attacker killed
السعودية : إحباط هجوم إرهابي على مسجد في القطيف ومقتل المهاجم (machine translation)
- Date
- 24 August 2016 · 21 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1437 AH
- Place
- Qatif
- Attacker
- Hezbollah
- Weapons
- Gunfire / clash
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (3 reports in all)
- Security spokesman of the Ministry of Interior: Terrorist operations linked to the ISIS terrorist organization targeting citizens, scholars, security men and vital facilities foiled - First additionعام / المتحدث الأمني بوزارة الداخلية: إحباط عمليات إرهابية ترتبط بتنظيم داعش الإرهابي تستهدف المواطنين والعلماء ورجال الأمن والمنشآت الحيوية إضافة أولى (machine translation)
“16- Nayef Nafeh Hakim al-Bishri "Saudi nationality" 17- Nassar Abdullah Mohammed al-Mousa "Saudi nationality" and through that security operation the following results were verified: First: foiling four terrorist operations that had reached advanced stages of preparation, as follows…”
- Qatif scholars condemn terrorists
“JEDDAH: Social and religious figures in Qatif expressed appreciation for great professionalism displayed by police officers who were able to foil terrorist attacks that targeted a mosque, a restaurant and a café. They…”
- Saudi Arabia: A terrorist attack on a mosque in Qatif foiled and the attacker killedالسعودية : إحباط هجوم إرهابي على مسجد في القطيف ومقتل المهاجم (machine translation)
“Sources announced today that Saudi security authorities foiled a terrorist attack on a mosque in the village of Umm al-Hamam in Qatif, and the attacker was killed during an exchange of gunfire. Al-Arabiya channel confirmed that it had obtained information about the foiling of the terrorist attack, and added that…”