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{{Infobox civilian attack
| title            = Hofuf attack
| image            = File:Ash Sharqiyah in Saudi Arabia.svg
| caption          = Location of Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia
| location         = Mahasin, Easter Province, [[Saudi Arabia]]
| target           = [[Shia]] [[Mosque|Imam Rida mosque]]
| coordinates      = 
| date             = 29 January 2016
| time             = 
| timezone         = 
| type             = [[Suicide bombing]]
| fatalities       = 5 (including the perpetrator)
| injuries         = 18
| perps            = Abdulraham Abdullah Suleiman al-Tuwaijiri and Talha Hisham Mohammed Abda
| numparts         = 2
| susperps         = 
| weapons          = 
| motive           = [[Anti-Shi'ism]]
}}

The '''Hofuf attack''' occurred on 29 January 2016 during Friday prayers at Al-Ridha mosque in the Mahasin district of [[Al Hofuf]], [[Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia]]. The attack left four people plus the attacker dead and 18 others injured. The attack consisted of a shooting and [[suicide bombing]] and was allegedly directed by [[ISIL]]. 

The two attackers, Abdurrahman Abdullah Suleiman al-Tuwaijiri (22-year old Saudi citizen) and Talha Hisham Mohammed Abda (Egyptian national), attempted to detonate themselves during Friday prayers at the mosque. Whilst Abdurrahman successfully blew himself up, Talha failed and he was arrested after the attacks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-mosque-idUSKCN0V711T|title=4 people die in Hofuf attack|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=29 January 2016|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/attack-rocks-mosque-saudi-arabia-160129101738777.html|title=Deadly attack rocks mosque in Saudi Arabia|publisher= [[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/featured/news/872236|title =Attack on Al-Ahsa mosque leaves several dead|date =29 January 2016|publisher= [[Arab News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/01/29/Deadly-attack-hits-mosque-in-Saudi-s-al-Hasa.html | title=Deadly attack hits mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia | date=29 January 2016 |publisher= [[Al Arabiya]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/02/01/Saudi-reveals-identity-of-second-would-be-suicide-bomber-in-al-Ahsa.html | title = Saudi reveals identity of second would-be suicide bomber in Al-Ahsa | date = February 2016 | publisher= [[Al Arabiya]]}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia]]
* [[List of terrorist incidents, January–June 2016]]
* [[List of terrorist incidents linked to ISIL]]

==References==
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[[Category:Suicide bombings in 2016]]
[[Category:ISIL terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:Mass murder in 2016]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia in 2016]]
[[Category:Mosque bombings in Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:Attacks on Shiite mosques in Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:January 2016 crimes in Asia]]
[[Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2016]]
[[Category:Mosque bombings by Islamists]]
[[Category:2016 murders in Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:21st-century mass murder in Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:Suicide bombings in Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:History of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:2016 building bombings]]


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