Riyadh: Saudi Arabia yesterday identified the suicide bomber who killed 21 worshippers in a Shi’a mosque and confirmed his link to the Islamic State.
“His name was Salih bin Abdulrahman Salih Al Ghishaami, a Saudi national,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement. “He was wanted by security services for belonging to a terrorist cell receiving directions from Daesh abroad,” it said, using the Arabic acronym for IS. AFP