Gen Raheel Sharif phones Saudi defence minister, condemns suicide attacks

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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Sharif telephoned Saudi Defence Minister Prince Muhammad Bin Salman on Monday and condemned the recent wave of suicide attacks in Saudi Arabia in which four people died.

During his conversation with the Saudi Defence Minister, the Army Chief expressed sympathy with the victims’ families and stated that Pakistan stands beside Saudi Arabia in fight against terrorism.

Six people were killed when a suicide bomber struck near Al-Masjid an-Nabavi or the Prophet’s Mosque in the Saudi Arabian city of Medina, the second holiest site in Islam, while three suicide bombers struck in the eastern city of Qatif and Jeddah, but there were no casualties in those attacks.

The attacks over a 24-hour period came on the heels of massive jihadi assaults in the Muslim world last week.

Saudi authorities confirmed it was a suicide bombing that killed at least four security guards outside Al-Masjid an-Nabavi.

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