Identity of Saudi mosque bomber revealed

04:05PM Sat 8 Aug, 2015

The Saudi interior ministry revealed on Saturday the identity of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) suicide bomber who blew up the mosque in the southwestern city of Abha that killed 15. The ministry said that the name of the bomber was Yusuf Bin Salman Bin Abdullah al-Salman. He was 21 years old. The statement added that the bombing claimed the lives of six trainees and five emergency special forces members. Earlier, ISIS revealed the bomber’s image, and said that his nickname was "Abu Sinan al-Najdi." Nine people were also wounded in the attack, which occurred in a mosque in an interior ministry compound in Abha, the capital of Saudi Arabia’s Asir province near the border with Yemen.   Al Arabiya