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IS claims responsibility for Saudi suicide attack
Riyadh, May 22 (IBNS): The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia on Friday which killed at least 10 people.
The attack occurred in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province.
"The claim was posted on Twitter with an image of the bomber by an account that is a reliable source on the group," BBC reported.
A doctor at the hospital told the BBC that at least 10 people were killed and about 70 injured, "some very critically".
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