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 | 30–50 |
Perpetrator | Islamic State[1][2] |
Motive | Anti-Shi'ism |
On 15 July 2024, a mass shooting occurred at the Shia Imam Ali mosque[3] in Muscat, Oman, leaving six people dead and between 30 and 50 others injured. All three perpetrators of the attack were killed by security forces.[4][5] The Islamic State claimed responsibility, making it the group's first attack in the country.[1][6]
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