The suicide bomber in Saudi Arabian attack is identified as a Pakistani.

 

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On Monday July 4, 2016, a suicide bomber attacked three cities in Saudi Arabian.

The first attacks took place near the U.S consulate in Jeddah while the second attack took place in Qatif, no lives were lost except the attackers who died from the blast.

The other attack that took place in Medina killed four guards and wounded five.

The attack in Medina happened outside the mosque grounds where the Prophet Muhammad is buried.  Muslims visit the mosque yearly for pilgrimage to Mecca.

No group has claimed responsibility for the triple attacks on the same day.

An Interior Ministry statement issued on Tuesday identified the suicide bomber who struck outside the Islam holy site as Abdullah Qalzar Khan, a Pakistani resident.

The Saudi ministry said the attacker set off the bomb in a parking lot, several cars caught fire and thick plumes of black smoke were seen coming out from the site of the explosion.

According to the reports, Saudi Arabia is part of the U.S.-led coalition that fight the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, and the militant group sees its ruling monarchy as an enemy. The kingdom has been the target of multiple attacks by the group that have claimed the lives of dozens of people.