Sudan denounces terrorist attack on Shiite mosque in Saudi Arabia
May 30, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government has denounced the suicide attack that took place on Friday at a mosque in Saudi Arabia’s port city of Dammam.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group later claimed responsibility for the attack.
The spokesperson for Sudan’s foreign ministry, Ali al-Sadiq, said in a statement on Saturday that Sudan condemns and denounces the terrorist bombing which targeted the Imam Hussein mosque in Dammam and killed several people.
He stressed Sudan’s refusal to any attempts to destabilize Saudi Arabia, noting that such criminal acts would not deter the kingdom from defending truth and goodness and standing by the oppressed people.
Al-Sadiq further underscored that Sudan stands by the kingdom and supports all measures taken by its government to maintain security and stability.
The Saudi press agency quoted the spokesperson of the ministry of interior as saying the explosion occurred when the bomber was parking his car during Friday prayers at the entrance of the Imam Hussein mosque in the port city, home to a large Shiite population.
It said guards approached the car as it was parking and that the driver who had disguised himself in the black all-encompassing garments worn by women in Saudi detonated a bomb.
The Dammam bombing came exactly a week after a suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in a village in Qatif province during Friday prayers, killing at least 21 people and wounding several others.
That attack was also claimed by ISIL.
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