Mosque bomber was linked to IS: Saudi


(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Saudi Arabia yesterday identified the suicide bomber who killed 21 worshippers in a Shi'a mosque and confirmed his link to the Islamic State.

"His name was Salih bin Abdulrahman Salih Al Ghishaami, a Saudi national," the Interior Ministry said in a statement. "He was wanted by security services for belonging to a terrorist cell receiving directions from Daesh abroad," it said, using the Arabic acronym for IS.


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