Saudi King warns extremists against radicalisation of Saudi youth

Saudi officials have arrested 19 people over three bomb attacks carried out in the country on Monday.

The statement further said that a total of seven people had been killed in the attacks in Madina, Qatif and Jeddah.

At least three suicide bombers struck across Saudi Arabia on Monday, including a shocking attack at Islam’s second holiest site, the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, where four security guards were killed.

The attack on the Prophet’s mosque was the most deadly, killing four security officers.

The attack, which sparked condemnation across the Muslim world, coincided with another suicide blast in Shiite-dominated Qatif, in the kingdom’s east, where the only casualty was the bomber. He arrived in Saudi Arabia 12 years ago to work as a driver, and was living in Jeddah with a wife and one of her parents. Two police officers have wounded the Jeddah attack.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the Jiddah and Medina attacks, nor the attack at the Shia mosque.

Condoling with Saudi authorities over the reprehensible attack, President Buhari says the development was a desecration of all that was sacred and holy, as it took place near the Prophet’s Mosque, and on one of the holy days of Ramadan.

The victims were all members of the Saudi special emergency forces run by the interior ministry.

TH in a statement said such incidents do not reflect the teachings of Islam.

Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Nafees Zakaria said authorities in Islamabad were working to get more details about the man. He condemned the attacks and expressed solidarity with Saudi Arabia, saying the kingdom valued the contributions of Pakistani guest workers.

Three other devices were found inside the suicide bomber’s vehicle, which were detonated by a robot from a bomb disposal squad.

Iran, the main Shi’ite power, also condemned the bombings and called for Muslim unity against extremists.

Many observers suspect the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) of being behind the bombings.

The Saudi interior ministry identified the Jeddah attacker as Abdullah Waqar Khan, a Pakistani national in his early 30s.

“The perpetrators are being cunningly used by an evil group to destroy and weaken the global Muslim community from within”.