Suicide blast in mosque of Saudi Arabia’s Qatif province kills 30

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RIYADH:  A suicide bomb blast in a mosque of eastern province of Saudi Arabia killed as many as 30 persons   and scores others  injured on Friday (today), Saudi authorities said.

Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry has confirmed the suicide blast and said the suicide attack occurred  in the eastern province of Qatif.

Saudi media said that as many as 150 people were present in Jummah prayers at the mosque. Witnesses said that a suicide bomber blew him self up in the mosque  during Friday prayers.

Al-Jazeera reported that the suicide blast reported in Imam Ali mosque of a village in Qatif province and it is stated to be Shia sect mosque.