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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 FM visits Somalia 73-year-old Suicide attack citizen tests positive kills 21 at for MERS DOHA: A 73-year-old Qatari citizen has tested positive Saudi mosque for the MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) virus, public health authorities announced yesterday. Islamic State claims targeting Shias Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) reference laboratories DUBAI: A suicide bomber killed important ally for Western coun- have confirmed that the man is 21 worshippers in a packed tries battling Islamic State. suffering from the respiratory Shia mosque in eastern Saudi In November, the Sunni group’s infection. Arabia yesterday, residents leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi This is the fourth case of and the health minister said, called for attacks against the MERS-CoV (coronavirus) to the first attack in the kingdom Sunni rulers of Saudi Arabia, be confirmed in the country to be claimed by Islamic State which has declared Islamic State this year, the Supreme Council militants. a terrorist organisation, joined of Health (SCH) said in a More than 150 people were international air strikes against statement. praying when the huge explosion it, and mobilised top clergy to The third case, which involved ripped through the Imam Ali denounce it.