ISIS Claims Responsibility for Deadly Attack on Shi’ite Mosque in Oman

Published on July 17, 2024

DUBAI—ISIS terrorist group, the Sunni Muslim dominated terrorist group, claimed responsibility on Tuesday for an assault on a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Oman that left at least nine people dead, including three attackers, a rare security breach in the oil-producing state. Four Pakistanis, an Indian, and a police officer were among those killed in the gun attack, according to Pakistani, Indian, and Omani officials. The Oman police said 28 people of various nationalities were wounded, including security personnel. The attack began on Monday evening at the Ali bin Abi Talib mosque in the Wadi al-Kabir neighbourhood of Oman’s capital Muscat, authorities said, 500 metres from an international school and an adjacent skateboard park and less than 10 kilometres from a string of five-star beach resorts....

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