Suicide bombing at Saudi mosque kills 17: Saudi state TV

[August 06, 2015]  CAIRO (Reuters) - A suicide bomb attack on in a mosque in Abha city in south west Saudi Arabia killed 17 people on Thursday, Saudi state television channel al-Ekhbariya reported.

The mosque served a state security unit called the Special Emergency Force, and all those killed were members, the channel said.

(Reporting by Omar Fahmy; Writing by Raissa Kasolowsky; Editing by William Maclean)

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