2024 Muscat mosque shootings | |
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Part of Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State | |
Location | Wadi Kabir, Muscat, Oman |
Date | 15 July 2024 |
Target | Shia worshippers at the Imam Ali mosque |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Deaths | 9 (including 3 perpetrators) |
Injured | 28 |
Perpetrator | Islamic State |
Motive | Anti-Shi'ism |
On 15 July 2024, six people, including a policeman, were killed and 28 others were injured in a rare shooting attack near a Shia Muslim mosque in Oman's capital, Muscat. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.