A suicide bomber detonated a device near the security headquarters of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, the second-holiest site in Islam after Makkah, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television reported on Monday.
Published : 04 Jul 2016, 11:47 PM
The blast followed others in Qatif and Jeddah on Monday, the last day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan and start of the Eid ul-Fitr festival. Pictures circulating on social media showed dark smoke billowing from flames near the mosque.
The Prophet's Mosque is the burial place of the Prophet Muhammad.