Four killed in rare shooting near mosque in Oman's capital
Four people were killed and several others injured in a shooting near a mosque in Oman's capital, Muscat, in a rare flare of violence in the Middle Eastern Sultanate.
Four people were killed and several others injured in a shooting near a mosque in Oman's capital, Muscat, in a rare flare of violence in the Middle Eastern Sultanate.
The shooting took place near a mosque in the al-Wadi al-Kabir neighborhood in the east of the city, the Royal Oman Police said in a post on X in the early hours of Tuesday morning, local time.
Video shared on social media and geolocated by NBC News appeared to show a crowd of people running as gunshots rang out near the Imam Ali mosque. Someone could be heard shouting “Oh Hussein.”
The force said at least four people had died and “a number of others” were injured, citing preliminary information from an investigation into the incident.
Investigators provided limited details on the incident and did not share any information on potential suspects or a possible motive. The force did not say if anyone had been arrested.
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