Saudi policemen stand guard at the site where a suicide bomber blew himself up near the American consulate in Jeddah. Witnesses said body parts, likely from a suicide bomber, could be seen in the area of the blast. A suicide bomber detonated a device near the security headquarters of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, the second-holiest site in Islam, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television reported on Monday. Arabiya said a suicide bomber and two security officers died in the explosion. The blast followed others in Qatif and Jeddah on Monday, the last day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan and start of the Eid al-Fitr festival.

Source: CBC News July 04, 2016 16:59 UTC