2015 Saihat shooting

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2015 Saihat shooting
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Location Saihat, Qatif, Saudi Arabia
Date16 October 2015
Target Shia Muslims
Weapons Kalashnikov rifle
Deaths6 (including the attacker) [1]
Injured9 [2]
PerpetratorIslamic State flag.svg  ISIS
Motive Anti-Shi'ism

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. [3] The suspect started shooting randomly inside the building, before the police intervened and killed the suspect. [4]

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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. [5] 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. [4] The militant was later shot dead by the police. [6]

Responsibility

The Islamic State claimed the attack [7] 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”. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Islamic State gunman kills five at Shi'ite center in Saudi Arabia". Reuters. 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  2. ↑ "Several killed in shooting at Shiite gathering in Saudi Arabia". France 24. 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  3. 1 2 "Isis gunman kills five in Saudi Arabia before being shot dead by police". The Guardian. 2015-10-16. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  4. 1 2 "Several killed in shooting at Shiite gathering in Saudi Arabia". France 24. 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  5. ↑ "Islamic State gunman kills five at Shi'ite center in Saudi Arabia". Reuters. 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  6. ↑ "Terror attack in Saihat kills 5; gunman killed". Arab News. 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  7. ↑ "Saudi forces kill gunman after Shiite site attack". Al Arabiya English. 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
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