A gunman killed five people at a Shia gathering in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday before being shot dead by police, the interior ministry said, in an attack claimed by a group linked to ISIS militants.
It was the latest in a series of bombings and shootings linked to the Sunni extremist group in Saudi Arabia over the past year.
The murders, in the Qatif area of Eastern Province, came two days after the start of commemorations of Ashura, one of the holiest occasions for the Shiite faith, a minority in Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia.
“As (a) result of his shooting, five citizens... were killed, including a woman. Nine others were wounded,” an interior ministry spokesman said in a statement.