A meeting in hussainiya in the coastal town of Qatif, 400kms east of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Friday. A gunman opened fire at the meeting, state TV said.
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"A person who opened fire on a husseiniya was killed, and the attacker was in his twenties," reported government-run channel, Al Ekhbariya TV.
A resident reached by telephone told Reuters that the assailant approached the meeting hall in the eastern city of Saihat in a taxi but was stopped at a checkpoint manned by volunteers protecting the site.
Police arrived and a gunbattle broke out, which the resident said injured several people and left the shooter dead.
IS, an ultra-violent group based in Iraq and Syria, claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted online.
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IS has launched a series of deadly attacks inside the kingdom in recent months, aiming to stir sectarian confrontation on the Arabian peninsula and bring about the overthrow of Gulf countries' ruling dynasties.
A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people in an attack on a mosque used by members of a local security force in southwest Saudi Arabia in August and two separate suicide bombings on mosques in May killed 25 worshippers.
Groups of volunteer security guards have been formed around sites of the kingdom.
http://www.timesofoman.com/article/69715/World/GCC/Gunman-opens-fire-at-meeting-kills-five-in-Saudi-Arabia-attack-claimed-by-IS-militant-group
Gunman kills five in Saudi Arabia attack claimed by IS militant group
October 17, 2015 | 3:29 PM
by Reuters
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