Английская Википедия:2015 Saihat shooting

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox civilian attack The 2015 Saihat Shooting was a terrorist attack by the Islamic State in the city of Saihat, Qatif, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. A resident claimed that the assailant approached a Hussainiya in a taxi, but was stopped at a checkpoint manned by volunteers protecting the site.[1] The suspect started shooting randomly inside the building, before the police intervened and killed the suspect.[2]

Attack

A resident stated that the assailant approached the Hussainiya in a taxi but was stopped at a checkpoint manned by volunteers protecting the site.[3] A ministry interior spokesmen stated that at about 7 pm a suspect with an automatic weapon "started to shoot randomly" at a Shiite Hussainiya l used for commemorations in Saihat. As a result of his shooting, five citizens (four men and one woman) were killed. Nine others were wounded.[2] The militant was later shot dead by the police.[4]

Responsibility

The Islamic State claimed the attack[5] in a statement, claiming that the militant was named "Shuja al-Dawsari". They stated, “With the approval of God Almighty, the soldier of the caliphate Shuja al-Dawsari, may God accept him, set his Kalashnikov upon one of the apostate polytheists’ temples”.[1]

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