JAKARTA - ISIS has claimed responsibility for a non-Muslim funeral attack in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah. The attack injured several people, although there is no evidence to substantiate this claim.

In a statement on its official channel on Telegram, ISIS revealed that "its soldiers" managed to hide a homemade bomb at the cemetery on Wednesday, which then exploded after several hours "consuls of crusading countries" gathered there.

The explosion, which took place during a World War I memorial service involving foreign embassies, was the second security incident to have occurred in Jeddah in recent weeks and the first attack of homemade bombs in years in an attempted attack on foreigners in the conservative kingdom.

Reporting from Antara, Friday, November 13, ISIS claimed to be targeting the French consul general, who attended the ceremony. Everything is still related to the statement of the French President regarding the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

The French government defended its right to publish the cartoon, which Muslims saw as an insult.

On October 18 ISIS spokesmen asked their supporters to target Westerners, oil pipelines and economic infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.


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