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Omani brothers behind mosque attack that killed six: police
By AFP - Jul 18,2024 - Last updated at Jul 18,2024
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This image grab from a UGC video taken on July 16, 2024 shows shows people fleeing the scene of a shooting at the Imam Ali Mosque in the Al-Wadi Al-Kabir area in the east of Oman's capital Muscat (AFP Photo)
MUSCAT, Oman — Three Omani brothers were behind a shooting near a Shiite mosque, the sultanate's police force said Thursday, after the Daesh terror group claimed the rare attack.
Monday's shooting killed at least six people -- four Pakistanis, an Indian and an Omani police officer -- and wounded 28, authorities have said.
It was the first known operation claimed by the IS group in the sultanate which is among the most stable countries in the Middle East.
"The three perpetrators involved in the incident were Omani nationals and brothers," Omani police said in a statement on social media platform X.
"They were killed due to their insistence on resisting security personnel," the statement said, adding that the attackers "were influenced by misguided ideas."
In a statement Tuesday, Daesh's Aamaq propaganda arm claimed the attack, saying it targeted "Shiites practising their annual rituals" on the occasion of the holy mourning period of Ashura
It posted a picture purporting to show the three perpetrators raising the group's black flag.
Aamaq did not provide any details on their nationalities.
Monday's attack came ahead of Ashura, an annual day of mourning that commemorates the seventh-century death in battle of Imam Hussein, regarded by Shiites as the rightful successor to the Prophet Mohammed.
Several attacks on Shiite mosques have roiled the Gulf in past years but this was the first in Oman.
A 2015 suicide attack on a Shiite mosque in Kuwait killed more than two dozen worshippers and was claimed by the IS group.
The same year, Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province saw two attacks on Shiite mosques in the space of a week, with at least 25 people killed. Daesh again claimed the attacks.
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