In the wake of the massive assaults in the last week for which the ISIS has claimed responsibility, three suicide bombings hit three Saudi Arabian cities over a 24-period.
According to CNN, even though the IS has not claimed any responsibility, analysts believe that this string of assaults in Saudi Arabia could possibly be the work of the terror group.
Two of the attacks failed but four people were killed in the third, all of which appear to be coordinated -- targeting both Saudi security forces and Western interests.
The first occurred before dawn near the U.S. Consulate in Jeddah, in which the attacker killed only himself after detonating an explosive, however, policemen were injured in the attack.
The Saudi Interior Ministry identified the Jeddah bomber as Pakistani national Abdullah Qlazar Khan.
In Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia, a suicide bomber attempted to launch an attack at a Shiite mosque but failed, killing himself in the process.
The deadliest attack occurred in Medina, where four people were killed and another person was wounded.
The bomber, who was killed in the explosion, targeted security officers.
The strikes come as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan ends and Americans celebrate the Fourth of July, the U.S. independence day.
These follow the dramatic attacks last week in Turkey, Bangladesh, Yemen and Iraq, that killed several people, which were claimed or thought to be carried out by ISIS.
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