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Saudi police prevent catastrophe by blocking bomber from nearing Medina mosque

Xinhua, July 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Saudi Interior Ministry announced Tuesday that police prevented a catastrophe by preventing suicide bomber from reaching the Prophet's mosque in Medina, Saudi Press Agency reported.

Security spokesman said in a statement that security men found a suspicious man before the Monday's sunset prayer, who was heading to the Prophet's Mosque through a vacant parking lot.

The man, when he was stopped, detonated his explosive belt, killing 4 police officers and injuring 5 others.

The blast was the second of the three blasts reported on Monday. The first suicide bombing occurred in the early hours of Monday when a Pakistani national blew himself up at a parking lot of a hospital.

The 35-year-old bomber worked as a driver and lived in Jeddah for 12 years with his wife and her parents, the ministry confirmed.

Monday's triple blasts in Saudi Arabia were the gravest in number in one day, the security source said. Endit