6 Killed, Dozens Wounded in Shooting Near Mosque in Oman

Muscat, SANA-Six people including four Pakistanis were killed and nearly 30 wounded in a shooting near a  mosque in the Omani capital Muscat, officials said Tuesday, a rare attack in the otherwise stable Gulf sultanate.

“The Royal Oman Police have responded to a shooting incident that occurred in the vicinity of a mosque in the Al-Wadi Al-Kabir area” of the capital, a police statement said.

The three gunmen behind the attack were killed and police officers have “concluded the procedures for dealing with the shooting,” it said.

It gave a death count of six killed, including a police officer. It said 28 people “from various nationalities” were wounded, including rescuers and paramedics.

Mazen Eyon