Muscat (National Times) Four Pakistanis were killed while multiple others were wounded in a shooting near a Shia mosque in the Omani capital Muscat, officials said on Tuesday, a rare attack in the otherwise stable Gulf sultanate.
Police said the overall death toll climbed to six today, adding that the three attackers were also killed.
Monday’s shooting “resulted in the death of five individuals, the martyrdom of one policeman, and the death of the three perpetrators”, with at least 28 other people wounded, Omani police said in a statement.
بيان إنهاء إجراءات التعامل مع حادثة إطلاق النار في منطقة الوادي الكبير..#شرطة_عمان_السلطانية pic.twitter.com/hmDYbvormH
— شرطة عُمان السلطانية (@RoyalOmanPolice) July 16, 2024
Oman’s overwhelmingly Muslim population comprises a small minority of Shias. Monday’s mosque attack has yet to be claimed.
“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, police said in a statement.
The force gave an initial toll of four killed and “several” wounded.
The Foreign Office said four Pakistanis were killed and Omani authorities “neutralised” the gunmen.
𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐦 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐭, 𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐧
— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) July 16, 2024
According to the latest information received from the Omani authorities, four Pakistanis were martyred as a result of gunshots in the dastardly terrorist…
“Four Pakistanis were martyred as a result of gunshots in the dastardly terrorist attack on the Ali bin Abi Talib mosque,” it said in a statement.
“Another 30 Pakistanis are under treatment in hospitals,” it added, saying “the government of Oman has neutralised the attackers.”
Pakistan strongly condemns the dastardly terrorist attack on Imam Bargah Ali bin Abu Talib in Wadi Kabir in Muscat, Oman that resulted in multiple casualties including the death of two Pakistanis.@ForeignOfficePk pic.twitter.com/3cJAcgnSAB
— PTV News (@PTVNewsOfficial) July 16, 2024
Pakistani Ambassador Imran Ali visited some of the wounded in hospital, the embassy posted on social media platform X.
The embassy also released the names of those killed in the attack.
Update on the casualties in the attack on Imam Bargah in Muscat, Oman
— Pakistan Embassy Oman (@PakinOman) July 16, 2024
our Pakistanis were martyred as a result of gunshots in the dastardly terrorist attack on the Ali bin Abi Talib mosque in Wadi Kabeer🇴🇲
انا للہ وانا الیہ راجعون
30 Pakistanis are under treatment in hospitals. pic.twitter.com/W8xZcfvRnP
