Oman Police: Attackers in Wadi al-Kabir Were 3 Omani Brothers

The attack killed six people. Reuters
The attack killed six people. Reuters
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Oman Police: Attackers in Wadi al-Kabir Were 3 Omani Brothers

The attack killed six people. Reuters
The attack killed six people. Reuters

The three gunmen who shot and killed six people in Oman this week were all Omani nationals, police said on Thursday.

The shooting took place in the Wadi al-Kabir neighborhood of Oman's capital Muscat.

The Royal Oman Police said in a statement the three gunmen were brothers and "were killed due to their insistence on resisting security personnel.”

The statement said that police investigations had indicated the three gunmen were "influenced by misguided ideas.”

The six people killed by the gunmen included a police officer responding to the attack.



ISIS Claims Responsibility for Rare Attack at Mosque in Oman

A man stands atop a hill in al-Wadi al-Kabir west of Oman's capital Muscat on February 14, 2018 while waiting for the peloton during the second stage of the 2018 cycling Tour of Oman. (AFP)
A man stands atop a hill in al-Wadi al-Kabir west of Oman's capital Muscat on February 14, 2018 while waiting for the peloton during the second stage of the 2018 cycling Tour of Oman. (AFP)
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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Rare Attack at Mosque in Oman

A man stands atop a hill in al-Wadi al-Kabir west of Oman's capital Muscat on February 14, 2018 while waiting for the peloton during the second stage of the 2018 cycling Tour of Oman. (AFP)
A man stands atop a hill in al-Wadi al-Kabir west of Oman's capital Muscat on February 14, 2018 while waiting for the peloton during the second stage of the 2018 cycling Tour of Oman. (AFP)

The ISIS group claimed responsibility for an attack at a mosque in Oman, the group said on Tuesday, which left at least nine people dead, including three attackers.

Three suicide attackers from ISIS attacked last night a gathering of worshippers while they were practicing their annual rituals at a temple in the Wadi al-Kabir district in the (Omani) capital, according to group's statement, which cited three security sources.

The ISIS fighters fired on worshippers and exchanged gunfire with Omani security forces until morning, the statement added.

ISIS late on Tuesday published what it said was a video of the attack on its Telegram site.

Oman police and military and security forces announced on Tuesday that they had completed procedures in the incident.