Four people, including two Pakistanis, were killed and multiple others wounded in a shooting near a Shiite mosque in the Omani capital Muscat, officials said Tuesday, a rare attack...
Four people, including two Pakistanis, were killed and multiple others wounded in a shooting near a Shiite mosque in the Oman i capital Muscat , officials said Tuesday, a rare attack in the otherwise stable Gulf sultanate.
“The Royal Oman Police have responded to a shooting incident that occurred in the vicinity of a mosque in the Al-Wadi Al-Kabir area” of the capital, police said in a statement.Two Pakistanis were among those killed in the attack on the Imam Bargah Ali bin Abu Talib mosque, the foreign ministry in Islamabad said, adding that Omani authorities have “neutralised” the gunmen.“We are heartened that the government of Oman has neutralised the attackers.
In a video message, Ali urged Pakistani residents to cooperate with Omani authorities and avoid the area around the mosque which was hit.“We are in touch with Omani authorities as well as hospitals. Our officers are on standby for emergency blood donations in the embassy,” he added, saying a hotline has been set up to assist the wounded and their relatives.
“The authorities are continuing to gather evidence and conduct investigations to uncover the circumstances surrounding the incident,” police added on X.photographer reported. While several attacks on Shiite mosques have roiled the Gulf in recent years, Tuesday’s attack is a first for Oman.
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