Suicide attack kills two in Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia
A suicide bomber has killed at least two people in an attack on the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, the second most holy site in Islam.
State media reports that two members of the Saudi security forces were killed in the explosion near the mosque’s security headquarters.
Pictures on social media show dark smoke billowing from flames near the mosque, where the Prophet Mohamed is buried.
The blast is believed to have occurred at sunset, when people were beginning to break their fast for Ramadan
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