Saudi king vows to punish those behind suicide attack - agency

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, said on Sunday he was heartbroken over a suicide bombing that killed 21 people in eastern Saudi Arabia, saying anyone linked to the attack or sympathised with it will be brought to justice, state news agency reported.

"We were affected by the enormity of this terrorist aggression which contradicts Islamic and humanitarian values," the king said in a message to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, who is also the interior minister.

"Any participant, planner, supporter or sympathiser with this heinous crime will be held accountable, tried and will be punished," he said, adding that Saudi Arabia would never stop fighting militants.