2015 Abha mosque bombing

Suicide bombing by the Islamic State in Abha, Saudi Arabia 2015 Saudi Arabia attack Military intervention against ISIL File:Asir_in_Saudi_Arabia.svg Abha, Asir, Saudi Arabia 18 13 1 N 42 30 19 E August 6, 2015 Suicide bombing 17 1 Islamic State Islamic State – Hijaz Province.svg Hejaz Province The 2015 Abha mosque bombing occurred on 6 August 2015, when a suicide bomb attack killed 17 people at a mosque in the south-western Saudi Arabian city of Abha.http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-saudi-security-bomb-idUKKCN0QB17Q20150806 https://web.archive.org/web/20151208202000/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-saudi-security-bomb-idUKKCN0QB17Q20150806 dead December 8, 2015 Suicide bomber kills 15 in Saudi security site mosque Reuters UK 6 August 2015 6 August 2015https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/saudi-citizen-carried-mosque-suicide-blast-150808172553868.html Saudi says its citizen carried out mosque suicide blast 11 August 2015https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/06/suicide-bomber-attacks-mosque-in-saudi-arabia Islamic State claims suicide bombing at Saudi Arabian mosque Kareem Shaheen the Guardian 6 August 2015 11 August 2015https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/world/middleeast/suicide-bombing-saudi-arabia.html?_r=0 At Least 15 die at Saudi Mosque from Suicide Bomber The New York Times 6 August 2015 Hubbard Benhttp://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20150807252651 Terror strikes mosque in Abha Saudi Gazette 11 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150810235712/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20150807252651 10 August 2015 dead dmy-all Responsibility for the attack, in a city near Saudi Arabia's southern border with Yemen, a country presently torn apart by the Yemeni Civil War, was claimed by a self-described affiliate of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria calling itself Wilāyat al-Ḥijāz.al-Shihri Abdullah Saudi Arabia mosque bombing that killed 15 claimed by 'new' Islamic State group https://www.smh.com.au/world/suicide-bombing-on-saudi-arabia-mosque-kills-15-20150806-giti8p.html 7 August 2015 Sydney Morning Herald 7 August 2015https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33805901 Islamic State group claims Saudi mosque suicide blast BBC News 6 August 2015 11 August 2015 See also Saudi Arabia Qatif and Dammam mosque bombings 2015 Arar attack Kuwait mosque bombing Terrorism in Saudi Arabia List of terrorist incidents, 2015 References 2 Category:Mosque bombings by Islamists Category:Terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia in 2015 Category:2015 mass murders Category:Mosque bombings in Saudi Arabia Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia Category:2015 murders in Saudi Arabia Category:Spillover of the Yemeni civil war (2014–present) Category:2015 building bombings Category:Suicide bombings in 2015 Category:Suicide bombings in Saudi Arabia Category:21st-century mass murders in Saudi Arabia Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2015 Category:Abha Category:August 2015 crimes in Asia Category:Attacks on mosques in the 2010s Category:Violence against men in Asia