Yesterday, a shia Mosque in the Saudi city of Dammam was attacked by an ISIS suicide bomber, killing three people.
Mohammed Hassan Ali bin Isa and Saeed Abdul-Jalil al-Arbash (Left) were stationed close to the women's entrance for security (such measures were deemed necessary after an earlier attack on another mosque), eye-witnesses say, when a man disguised as a woman tried to enter to the building. After being refused entrance by the two brave boys, the terrorist detonated a bomb around five metres from the mosque, killing himself, the two boys, and a third victim who is yet to be unidentified.
Footage (Above) from inside the mosque at the time shows just how many casualties were avoided thanks to the actions of these dutiful young men.
Saeed was a newly-wed, having married just a few days before his untimely demise. He was in Dammam after returning from his University studies in the US. He was identified to the Associated Press by eye-witness Mohammed Idris, saying "They chased the suicide bomber when he tried to enter the women's section of the mosque entrance".
Middle East Eye reports that the mother of one of the boys, Kowthar al-Arbash, is a high-profile writer at Al-Jazeera, saying "news of her sons death was greeted by an outpouring of support online".
This is the second time a Shia mosque has been attacked in Saudi Arabia's eastern province, which is majority shia. 21 people were killed and hundreds injured just a week earlier in Qudaih after a similar incident occured. Both attacks have been claimed by ISIS via social media.
