Pelo menos três pessoas morreram num atentado suicida esta segunda-feira junto à Mesquita do Profeta, em Medina, na Arábia Saudita, um dos locais mais sagrados da fé muçulmana. Segundo a Reuters, que cita um canal saudita, as vítimas mortais confirmadas até ao momento são o bombista e dois seguranças.O ataque aconteceu no local onde está sepultado o profeta Maomé, sendo Medina a segunda cidade sagrada mais importante para a religião muçulmana, depois de Meca.
O atentado ocorre ainda nos últimos dias do Ramadão, mês sagrado para esta religião.
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O atentado ocorre ainda nos últimos dias do Ramadão, mês sagrado para esta religião.
http://www.dn.pt/mundo/interior/atentado-suicida-junto-a-mesquita-em-cidade-sagrada-5265754.html
A suicide bomber has killed at least four people in an attack on the Prophet's Mosque in Medina in Saudi Arabia, the second most holy site in Islam.Four members of the Saudi security forces were killed in the explosion near the mosque's security headquarters.
Pictures on social media show dark smoke billowing from flames near the mosque, where the Prophet Mohamed is buried.
The blast is believed to have occurred at sunset, when people were were beginning to break their fast for Ramadan.
Saudi newspaper Okaz reported security officers were preparing to break their fast when they were approached by a young man – who looked to be around 18-years-old – to share food. He then detonated his explosives.
Despite the terror, Saudi state TV showed live video of thousands of worshippers standing defiantly shoulder to shoulder to pray in the sacred mosque just hours after the explosion.Qari Ziyaad Patel, 36, from Johannesburg, South Africa, was in the mosque when he heard a loud blast just as sunset prayers were ending and people were breaking their fast.
Thousands of Muslims visit his tomb in the final days of Ramadan every year before continuing on their pilgrimmage to Mecca.
The attack was the third suicide attack in less than 24 hours
A suicide bomber blew himself up in the car park of a mosque in the eastern city of Qatif – where most of the country's Shia minority live.
Another suicide attacker struck in Jeddah, on the west coast, in the early hours of Monday morning after detonating a device near the US consulate.
Two security officers were injured as they tackled the man to the ground.
The attacks come on the eve of Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/medina-bombing-attack-prophets-mosque-live-latest-suicide-bomber-saudi-arabia-a7119671.html
Pictures on social media show dark smoke billowing from flames near the mosque, where the Prophet Mohamed is buried.
The blast is believed to have occurred at sunset, when people were were beginning to break their fast for Ramadan.
Saudi newspaper Okaz reported security officers were preparing to break their fast when they were approached by a young man – who looked to be around 18-years-old – to share food. He then detonated his explosives.
Despite the terror, Saudi state TV showed live video of thousands of worshippers standing defiantly shoulder to shoulder to pray in the sacred mosque just hours after the explosion.Qari Ziyaad Patel, 36, from Johannesburg, South Africa, was in the mosque when he heard a loud blast just as sunset prayers were ending and people were breaking their fast.
Thousands of Muslims visit his tomb in the final days of Ramadan every year before continuing on their pilgrimmage to Mecca.
The attack was the third suicide attack in less than 24 hours
A suicide bomber blew himself up in the car park of a mosque in the eastern city of Qatif – where most of the country's Shia minority live.
Another suicide attacker struck in Jeddah, on the west coast, in the early hours of Monday morning after detonating a device near the US consulate.
Two security officers were injured as they tackled the man to the ground.
The attacks come on the eve of Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/medina-bombing-attack-prophets-mosque-live-latest-suicide-bomber-saudi-arabia-a7119671.html
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