Attack on a Saudi mosque kills three people

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An attack on a mosque in Al-Ahsa in east Saudi Arabia killed three people on Friday, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television reported.

A witnesses told news agency earlier that an explosion was followed by gun attack on Imam Rida Mosque in the town of Mahasen in al-Ahsa region in the Eastern Province.

Residents said security forces were exchanging gunfire with five “terrorists”.