Jihad Home Coming: Suicide Bomber Detonates His Tool on the Grounds of Prophet's Mosque

A suicide bomber has killed more than two people in an attack on the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, one of the holy sites in Islam. Saudi State media stated that two members of the Saudi police force were killed in the explosion near the mosque’s security post.

Pictures on social media show a swirl of dark smoke rising from the mosque ground, where the Prophet Mohamed is buried. The blast is reported to have occurred at sunset, when people were beginning to break their fast for Ramadan.