Saudi police arrest scores of suspects following bombings

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the bombings in Qatif and Jeddah were consistent with the modus operandi of Islamic State in its targeting of Shia Muslims and U.S. representatives, as well as Saudi interests.

No group has so far taken credit of these attacks. There are no reports yet saying whether the bomb killed any civilians.

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and anti-terror tsar, Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz, sought on Tuesday to reassure Saudis of the country’s security.

Attacks on Mecca, the most sacred place in Islam, have also been extremely rare.

Also today, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, deplored the attack in Medina.

“They are renegades from the [true] religion who have left behind the Muslim flock and their imam, violating all sanctities”, the council said in a statement.

The ministry said “the body parts of three people were found” at the site but had not yet been identified.

Three Saudi Arabian cities were rocked by suicide bombers on Monday.

Suicide bombings have killed about 290 people in Turkey, Bangladesh, Yemen, and Iraq during this Ramadan.

The bomber detonated his explosives after being stopped outside the Prophet’s Mosque.

The Jeddah attacker was a Pakistani man identified as Abdullah Qalzar Khan, a driver who had been living in the city for 12 years, the ministry said earlier.

Interior ministry spokesman General Mansour al-Turki had told state Al-Ekhbaria news channel that the bomber was closer to a mosque in the area than to the consulate. Five others were wounded in the explosion, the Ministry said.

“Our hearts and prayers are with the victims of the attacks and their families”, the Prime Minister said praying for the swift recovery of those injured during the attack.

Following the attack, President Joko Widodo urged calm and ordered police to quickly arrest others that may have been connected to the suicide bomber.

TH said it is saddened by the attacks and that nobody should take advantage of the situation for their own benefit.

One of the bombers, who carried out the Madinah blast, was identified as Naer Musllam Hammad Al-Nijaidi Al-Balawe, a 26-year-old Saudi citizen with a history of drug abuse. All the three have not obtained Saudi national identity cards.