ISIS claims responsibility for attack on World War I commemoration at Saudi cemetery

By Mica Soellner

Published November 11, 2020 2:10pm ET

ISIS claims responsibility for attack on World War I commemoration at Saudi cemetery — The Islamic State claimed its fighters carried out the explosive attack that left multiple people wounded during a ceremony commemorating the end of World War I at a Saudi cemetery on Wednesday. A report by the ISIS news agency A’maq on Telegram said the target of the attack was the French consul because of “his […]

The Islamic State claimed its fighters carried out the explosive attack that left multiple people wounded during a ceremony commemorating the end of World War I at a Saudi cemetery on Wednesday.

A report by the ISIS news agency A’maq on Telegram said the target of the attack was the French consul because of “his government’s insistence on publishing cartoons that disrespect the messenger of Allah and the Islamic religion.”