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Five arrested after Saudi foils attack on Makkah Grand Mosque
The building where the suicide bomber blew himself up.
Dubai - The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the terror crime.
The incident happened around the Grand Mosque, where hundreds of thousands of worshippers gathered for early afternoon prayers on the last Friday of this year's Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in a statement, condemned the crime in the strongest words, and said the heinous crime shows the level to which the brutality of these terrorists has reached. "No sane person can give any justification or explanation for such a crime," the statement said
In dawn raids on the holy city Makkah and the Red Sea city of Jeddah officers arrested five suspects, including a woman, before surrounding the bomber's location around the Grand Mosque.
"Unfortunately he started shooting towards security personnel once he noticed their presence in the area, which led to an exchange of fire before he blew himself up," Turki said.
The blast partially collapsed the building where he had taken refuge, injuring the six pilgrims, Turki said.
- Saudi Gazette (@Saudi_Gazette) June 23, 2017
Near the end of the holy month of Ramadan last year in the holy city of Madinah four security officers died in an explosion close to Islam's second holiest site, the Prophet's Mosque.
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