July 16, 2024 7:53 PM

Gunfire at mosque in Oman kills four Pakistanis, injures 30 others, officials say

Four Pakistani nationals were killed and 30 others wounded by gunfire at a mosque in Oman, Omani and Pakistani officials said on Tuesday, in a rare breach of security in one of the most stable countries in the Middle East. Pakistan's foreign ministry said the attack took place in the Ali bin Abi Talib mosque, a Shi'ite mosque in Sunni-dominated Oman, known locally as the Imam Ali mosque. Describing the incident in the Wadi al-Kabir district of Oman's capital Muscat as a "terrorist" attack, the...