Saudi Arabia identifies mosque bomber

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia says one of its citizens carried out the suicide bombing at a mosque in the country’s south the previous night — an attack for which Daesh claimed responsibility.

Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Mansour Al Turki identified the bomber on Tuesday as 34-year-old Saad Saeed Saad Al Harthi.

The blast struck the mosque belonging to the Ismaili Shiite minority in the city of Najran after sunset Monday, killing one person and wounding several others. Earlier reports indicated that three were killed.

The SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist activity online, says a Daesh affiliate known as “Hijaz Province” claimed it carried out the attack.