2016 Saudi Arabia bombings

2016 Saudi Arabia bombings
LocationMedina, Jeddah and Qatif, Saudi Arabia
Date4 July 2016 (2016-07-04)
Attack type
Car bombing, suicide bombing, terrorist attack
Deaths4 (+4 perpetrators, including Fayaz Kagzi)
Injured7

On 4 July 2016, four suicide bombs exploded in three locations in Saudi Arabia. One of these exploded in the parking lots of the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, killing at least four people. The second and third suicide bombers targeted a Shia mosque in Qatif, but they failed to harm anyone but themselves. A fourth militant blew himself up after police tried to arrest him near the U.S. consulate in Jeddah. Two Saudi Arabian police officers were injured.