On Thursday, The ISIS group it carried out a bombing against a gathering of diplomats in Saudi Arabia, saying it was to protest French cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
Wednesday’s attack struck a World War I commemoration at a non-Muslim cemetery in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, wounding at least two people.
A statement by ISIS propaganda arm Amaq said the attack primarily targeted the French consul over his country’s indistance on publishing the cartoons insulting to the Prophet of God.
An earlier statement by the jihadist group on its Telegram channel said IS fighters had planted an explosive device in… the cemetery in the city of Jeddah yesterday (Wednesday).
The attack was carried out in support of the Prophet Mohammed, it added.
