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4 security guards killed as suicide bombers attack holy city of Medina

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8 years ago

July 5, 2016

Pandemonium struck in the Saudi holy city of Medina when a suicide bomber blew himself up killing four security officers and wounding five others, making it the third in a series of attacks, following blasts in the cities of Jeddah and Qatif in the last 24 hours.

The suicide attack outside one of Islam’s holiest sites, close to the Prophet’s Mosque in the city of Medina sent cold shivers down the spines of many as photos of the holy city posted on social media showed smoke billowing from a fire outside the mosque where Prophet Muhammad is buried.

“Four security guards were martyred and five others wounded as a result of their opposition to the suicide attacker who detonated explosives near them as he was on his way to the mosque,” Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry said on Twitter.

The mosque, which is also known as Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, is visited by pilgrims from around the world during the final days of the fasting month of Ramadan.

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