The Afghan Taliban condemns a deadly suicide bombing at Islam’s second holiest site in the Saudi city of Medina, describing it as “an act of enmity and hatred.”
Four people were killed in the bombing outside the Prophet’s Mosque yesterday, on the same day as an attack outside a minority Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia, and another near the US consulate in the western city of Jeddah.
“The Islamic Emirate (Taliban) – which has been shocked by this gruesome act – condemns this incident in the strongest of terms and considers it an act of enmity and hatred towards Islamic rituals,” the militant group says in an emailed statement.
Image of smoke rising above the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina on July 4, 2016. (screen capture: al-Arabiya)
There are no claims of responsibility for the bombings, but the Islamic State group had urged its supporters to carry out attacks during Ramadan.
The Taliban, who were ousted from power by a US-led invasion in late 2001, have themselves been repeatedly blamed by the UN for deliberately targeting civilians in the war-torn country.
— AP
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