At least two people have been killed and seven injured following a bombing and gun attack on a Shia mosque in an eastern province of Saudi Arabia, national media reported a government spokesman as saying.
Security officers prevented two suicide bombers from entering the Imam Rida mosque in the town of Mahasen in al-Ahsa province during Friday prayers, the spokesman said, as cited by Saudi state news agency SPA.
« When security men stopped them, one blew himself up at the entrance of the mosque and there was an exchange of fire with the other. He was wounded and arrested wearing an explosive belt, » he added.
According to the Al Arabiya sources, a suspect in the bombing has been arrested.
The blast was followed by gunfire at the Imam Rida Mosque in the town of Mahasen in al-Ahsa province, a local activist told Reuters.
The attack took place during Friday prayers at the mosque, local eyewitness Mohammed al-Nimr told AP, adding that the security forces and an ambulance have already arrived at the scene of the incident.