The Hofuf attack occurred on 29 January 2016 during Friday prayers at Al-Ridha mosque in the Mahasin district of
Al Hofuf,
Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. The attack left four people plus the attacker dead and 18 others injured. The attack consisted of a shooting and
suicide bombing and was allegedly directed by
ISIL
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The two attackers, Abdurrahman Abdullah Suleiman al-Tuwaijiri (22-year old Saudi citizen) and Talha Hisham Mohammed Abda (Egyptian national), attempted to detonate themselves during Friday prayers at the mosque. Whilst Abdurrahman successfully blew himself up, Talha failed and he was arrested after the attacks.
See also
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List of terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia
1960s
The most serious violence to take place was a series of bomb blasts in Riyadh in late 1966 and early 1967. The bombings, which caused no known casualties, were claimed by the North Yemen-based Nasserite organisation Union of the People o ...
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List of terrorist incidents, January–June 2016
This is a list of terrorist incidents which took place in 2016, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included in these lists. Ongoing military con ...
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List of terrorist incidents linked to ISIL
The following is a list of major terrorist attacks and arrests that have been connected to or have been claimed in reliable sources to be inspired by the Islamic State (IS), also known by other names.
Between June 2014, when the group self-pr ...
References
Suicide bombings in 2016
ISIL terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia
Mass murder in 2016
Terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia in 2016
Mosque bombings in Saudi Arabia
Attacks on Shiite mosques
January 2016 crimes in Asia
Islamic terrorist incidents in 2016
Islamist attacks on mosques
2016 murders in Saudi Arabia
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