2015 Saihat shooting

Terrorist attack 2015 Saihat shooting الحسينية الحيدرية بسيهات.jpg Saihat, Qatif, Saudi Arabia Shia Muslims 16 October 2015 6 (including the attacker)2015-10-17 Islamic State gunman kills five at Shi'ite center in Saudi Arabia en Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-security-idUSKCN0SA2CN20151017 2023-06-17 92015-10-17 Several killed in shooting at Shiite gathering in Saudi Arabia https://www.france24.com/en/20151017-saudi-arabia-several-killed-shooting-shiite-gathering-islamic-state-group 2023-06-17 France 24 en ISIS Kalashnikov rifle Anti-Shi'ism The 2015 Saihat shooting was a terrorist attack by the Islamic State in the city of Saihat, Qatif, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. A resident claimed that the assailant approached a Hussainiya in a taxi, but was stopped at a checkpoint manned by volunteers protecting the site. 2015-10-16 Isis gunman kills five in Saudi Arabia before being shot dead by police en-GB The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/16/isis-gunman-kills-five-in-saudi-arabia-before-being-killed-by-police 2023-06-17 0261-3077 The suspect started shooting randomly inside the building, before the police intervened and killed the suspect. 2015-10-17 Several killed in shooting at Shiite gathering in Saudi Arabia https://www.france24.com/en/20151017-saudi-arabia-several-killed-shooting-shiite-gathering-islamic-state-group 2023-06-17 France 24 en Attack A resident stated that the assailant approached the Hussainiya in a taxi but was stopped at a checkpoint manned by volunteers protecting the site.2015-10-17 Islamic State gunman kills five at Shi'ite center in Saudi Arabia en Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-security-idUSKCN0SA2CN20151017 2023-06-17 A ministry interior spokesmen stated that at about 7 pm a suspect with an automatic weapon "started to shoot randomly" at a Shiite Hussainiya l used for commemorations in Saihat. As a result of his shooting, five citizens (four men and one woman) were killed. Nine others were wounded. The militant was later shot dead by the police.2015-10-17 Terror attack in Saihat kills 5; gunman killed https://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/821306 2023-06-17 Arab News en Responsibility The Islamic State claimed the attack2015-10-16 Saudi forces kill gunman after Shiite site attack https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2015/10/16/People-wounded-after-open-fire-at-Shiite-mosque-in-Saudi 2023-06-17 Al Arabiya English en in a statement, claiming that the militant was named "Shuja al-Dawsari". They stated, “With the approval of God Almighty, the soldier of the caliphate Shuja al-Dawsari, may God accept him, set his Kalashnikov upon one of the apostate polytheists’ temples”. References Category: Violence against Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia Category: Terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia in 2015 Category:History of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia Category: Shia–Sunni sectarian violence Category: Qatif Category: 2015 murders in Saudi Arabia Category:Mass shootings in Saudi Arabia Category:Attacks on Islamic buildings and structures Category:2015 mass shootings in Asia Category:2015 mass murders Category:21st-century mass murders in Saudi Arabia Category:Mass shootings in religious buildings and structures