1st LD: UN Security Council slams deadly terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia

The UN Security Council Thursday night condemned "in the strongest terms" a terrorist attack at a mosque in Saudi Arabia earlier in the day, which killed at least 15 people, underlining "the need to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism to justice."

The strong condemnation came in a press statement issued here by the 15-nation UN body following the deadly terrorist attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIL or Da'esh, at a mosque at the headquarters of the Special Emergency Security Forces (SESF) in the Asir Region of Saudi Arabia.

"The members of the Security Council stressed again that ISIL must be defeated and that the intolerance, violence and hatred it espouses must be stamped out," the statement said.

A blast triggered by a suicide bomber took place at the mosque inside a special forces headquarters in Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen, reports said, adding that 12 of those killed were members of SESF, while the other three were workers at the compound. Enditem