The bomber detonated his suicide vest Monday evening when most residents of the neighborhood were at home ending the Ramadan fast.
The bomber targeted the parking lots of the emergency forces vehicles in the west side of Madinah near the grand mosque while policemen were having their fast-breaking meal, Xinhua cited Al Arabiya news as saying.
- Saudi Gazette (@Saudi_Gazette) July 4, 2016
He told them that he want to join them for food before blowing himself up.
No official information was released from the Saudi Interior Ministry yet, but this blast was the fourth reported in different Saudi cities on Monday.
- Saudi Gazette (@Saudi_Gazette) July 4, 2016
The day started with a suicide bomber blowing himself in Jeddah at a parking lots of a hospital, in which two security men were injured.
Twin blasts were reported in Qatif near a mosque and the worshipers escaped unhurt. The worst was in Madinah as there were thousands who were at the grand mosque during the blast and the police shot near mosque to avoid any stampede by scary worshipers.
- MNA (@Engr_Naveed111) July 4, 2016
Muslim worshippers gather after a suicide bomber detonated a device near the security headquarters of the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, July 4, 2016.