DHAKA: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has vowed that his government will “strike with an iron fist”, a day after a series of bombings hit the country.

Four people were killed at the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, Islam’s second holiest site, on Monday (July 4), as suicide attackers also struck two other cities, reports the Al Jazeera.

“The kingdom is fully determined to strike with an iron fist all those who aim at the minds or ideas of our dear young people,” Salman said on Tuesday (July 5) in an address to the nation for the Islamic feast of Eid al-Fitr.

Monday’s Medina attack, 24 hours before the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, has drawn condemnation from Muslim leaders worldwide.

The Al Saud ruling family considers itself the protectors of Islam’s holiest sites, Medina and Mecca.

BDST: 1039 HRS, JULY 6, 2016
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