Saudi Arabia: Mohammed Bin Nayef in Al-Ahsa


Issue 1009 - 05 Feb 2016 | 1 minute read

Crown prince and interior minister Mohammed Bin Nayef (MBN) has visited Al-Ahsa, where a suicide bomber on 29 January killed four people at the Al-Ridha mosque. The bomber was a Saudi, his fellow bomber whose device failed to go off has been identified as an Egyptian. MBN also visited security personnel injured in the attack. He said: “What happened will only strengthen our resolve in fighting terrorist acts by inimical forces. There were dangerous and horrible things that happened on Friday, creating fear in the heart of everyone but everything was and is under control.”

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