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Islamic State group claims responsibility for attack at Saudi WWI ceremony

IS said in a post on its online Telegram channel on Thursday that its fighters were able to plant the explosive device at the Non-Muslims Cemetery in the kingdom's coastal city of Jiddah

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AP | PTI Beirut
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Thursday for the explosion the previous day at a cemetery in Saudi Arabia where American and European officials were commemorating the end of World War I. The blast wounded three people.

IS said in a post on its online Telegram channel on Thursday that its fighters were able to plant the explosive device at the Non-Muslims Cemetery in the kingdom's coastal city of Jiddah.
 
In a statement posted on one of its Telegram channels, IS said a group of its militants were able to plant the explosive devise at the in the city of