Suicide bomber attacks mosque

A suicide bomb attack on in a mosque in Abha city in south west Saudi Arabia killed 17 people on Thursday, Saudi state television channel al-Ekhbariya reported.

The attack wounded a number of people, according to the online edition of Asharq al-Awsat newspaper and reports on social media. Reuters could not independently verify those reports.

The mosque served a state security unit called the Special Emergency Force, and all those killed were members, the channel said.