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Category: Terrorism, from Wikidata’s class “suicide attack”

2016 Saudi Arabia bombings

4 July 2016 · Saudi Arabia

Part of: Civil war in Saudi Arabia Wikidata

Wikidata classes on our event-class list: suicide attack (all its classes: Wikidata item)

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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.

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2016 Saudi Arabia bombings. (2026, September 11). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2016_Saudi_Arabia_bombings&oldid=1374399869

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“2016 Saudi Arabia bombings.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Sept. 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2016_Saudi_Arabia_bombings&oldid=1374399869.

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