{"id":2065,"date":"2026-10-02T18:03:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2065"},"modified":"2026-10-02T18:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:03:51","slug":"saudi-arabia-denies-suicide-bomber-report-near-grand-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2065","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia denies suicide bomber report near Grand Mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Saudi authorities have rejected reports circulating online about the presence of a suicide bomber at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, saying there was no truth to the claims.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The clarification came after social media posts claimed that a suspected suicide bomber wearing an explosives-laden vest had been spotted moving towards the holy Kaaba and was arrested by security personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi security authorities said a man was detained for harassing passersby and causing fear and panic among people in the holy city.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted on X on Friday, the authorities said immediate action was taken against the man and stressed that claims describing him as a suicide bomber were false.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities did not disclose the identity of the detained man or provide further details about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>According to Turkish news agency <em>Anadolu,<\/em> Saudi authorities reiterated that there was no truth to the reports circulating on social media about a suicide bomber at the Grand Mosque.<\/p>\n<p>The Kaaba is located at the centre of the Grand Mosque and is Islam\u2019s holiest site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi authorities have rejected reports circulating online about the presence of a suicide bomber at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, saying there was no truth to the claims. The clarification came after social media posts claimed that a suspected suicide bomber wearing an explosives-laden vest had been spotted moving towards the holy Kaaba and was arrested by security personnel. Saudi security authorities said a man was detained for harassing passersby and causing fear and panic among people in the holy city. In a statement posted on X on Friday, the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}