Danish man shot in Riyadh by ISIL followers

Rasa – A group of supporters of ISIL have released a video that shows ISIL members carrying out a shooting in Saudi Arabia last week of a Danish national who survived the attack.

News ID: 1733

Date: 02 December 2014 - 17:54

A group of supporters of ISIL have released a video that shows ISIL members carrying out a shooting in Saudi Arabia last week of a Danish national who survived the attack.

The film could not be independently verified but Saudi Arabia said on November 22, a Dane had been shot in the shoulder as he left his work in Riyadh and was in a stable condition.

ISIL last month called on supporters in Saudi Arabia, to attack Shiite Muslims, government officials and Westerners.

The Interior Ministry said that they had identified at least 2,000 Saudis who had gone to fight in Syria and Iraq, but that 600 of them had returned to the kingdom and were in detention and others had died.

Authorities have frequently voiced concern that the conflict in Syria and Iraq and the emergence of ISIL could spur domestic attacks. The last campaign by militants in Saudi Arabia killed hundreds between 2003-06.

In early November, militants, who the government said were linked to ISIL, killed eight Shiites in the Eastern Province. Authorities have since arrested more than 70 people suspected of links to the attack.

On Sunday, media reported that a Canadian had been injured in a stabbing by a Saudi in a shopping mall in Eastern Province, but a motive had not been identified.

In October, a U.S. citizen was shot dead and one injured in a shooting at a petrol station in Riyadh. The authorities said a personal motive appeared likely because both men had worked for the same company.

Saudi authorities have said they are investigating the attack on the Dane.

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