In a rare breach of security in one of the most peaceful nations in the Middle East, gunshots at a mosque in Oman resulted in the deaths of our Pakistani nationals and the wounding of thirty others on Tuesday, according to Omani and Pakistani officials.
A statement from the police read, “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.”
The attack happened in the Ali bin Abi Talib mosque, according to Pakistan’s foreign ministry.
The event occurred in the Wadi al-Kabir region of Muscat, the capital of Oman. The Pakistani government described it as a “terrorist” act and stated that thirty people were hospitalized.
Imran Ali, Pakistan’s ambassador to Oman, visited a few of the hospitalized patients, according to a social media post from the embassy on platform X.
He asked Pakistanis living in Oman to assist the local police and stay away from the scene of the shooting in a video message that was uploaded on X.
Following the shooting, the US embassy in Muscat canceled all visa appointments on Tuesday and issued a security alert.
The embassy posted on social networking platform X, “US citizens should remain vigilant, monitor local news, and heed directions of local authorities.”
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