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Suicide blast near mosque in eastern Saudi: Residents

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shia mosque in Qatif, but nobody else was hurt
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A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shia mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia on Monday but nobody else was hurt, residents told AFP.

"Suicide bomber for sure. I can see the body" which was blasted to pieces, said a witness to the attack in the Shia-populated city of Qatif.

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