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Islamic State claims responsibility for Jeddah attack

The explosion at the World War II commemoration follows a stabbing at the French Consulate in Jeddah last month.

Saudi police close a street leading to a non-Muslim cemetery in the Saudi city of Jeddah where a bomb struck a World War I commemoration attended by European diplomats on November 11, 2020 leaving several people wounded amid Muslim anger over French cartoons. - The attack is the second assault in the kingdom in less than a month, as French President Emmanuel Macron has sought to assuage anger across Muslim nations over satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty
Saudi police close a street in the Saudi city of Jeddah, where a bomb struck a World War I commemoration attended by European diplomats on Nov. 11, 2020. — AFP via Getty Images

The Islamic State has taken credit for the explosion Wednesday at a World War I remembrance ceremony in the Saudi city of Jeddah that was organized by the French Consulate and attended by various European and American diplomats. 

A Saudi security guard and Greek consulate worker were injured in the blast, which was the second attack in two weeks to target foreign officials in Saudi Arabia. 

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