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Islamic State claims Saudi Arabia mosque bombing

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for an attack on Friday on a Shi'ite mosque in Saudi Arabia's Dammam in which four people were killed. A statement by Islamic State posted on Twitter named the suicide bomber who carried out the attack as Abu Jandal al-Jizrawi, saying he had managed to reach his target despite heightened security. (Reporting by Omar Fahmy; Writing By Maha El Dahan; Editing by William Maclean and Mark Heinrich)