Daesh affiliate claims Saudi police station bombing

Cairo - Saudi news websites published images of the aftermath late Saturday night, showing police jeeps and SUVs on fire outside the police station in Al Dalam.

A Daesh affiliate in Saudi Arabia claimed on Sunday that its militants detonated two explosive devices in front of a police station in the city of AlDalam, setting fire to three police vehicles.
Also Sunday, Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour Al Turki said a person was killed by an improvised explosive device near the police station in Al Dalam. The statement, carried by the Saudi Press Agency, said police are investigating the incident, which took place on Saturday, but gave no further details on the victim's nationality, who was referred to as a resident.
The statement issued by the Daesh affiliate Najd Province made no reference to that deadly attack, only saying Sunday its bombing took place a day earlier. It gave no further details. 
Some Saudi news websites published images of the aftermath late Saturday night, showing police jeeps and SUVs on fire outside the police station in Al Dalam, located 100 kilometres southeast of the capital Riyadh.

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