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Saudi Arabia Offers $1.3 Million Bounty for Mosque Bombers

Saudi Arabia offered a cash reward of $1.3 million for information leading to the arrest of 16 people it said were involved in a suicide bombing.
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Saudi Arabia offered a cash reward of 5 million riyals ($1.3 million) for information leading to the arrest of 16 people it said were involved in a deadly suicide bombing outside a mosque on Friday, the Interior Ministry said.

The ministry also offered a 7 million riyal ($1.9 million) reward on Wednesday for information that would avert any future attacks, according to a statement published by state news agency SPA.

ISIS claimed responsibility for Friday's attack, which killed four people.

Image: Victim's cousin prays after mosque bombing in Saudi Arabia on May 29
The cousin of a victim prays at the site of a suicide bombing that targeted the Shiite Al-Anoud mosque in the Saudi coastal city of Dammam on May 29.AFP - Getty Images
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