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Car bomb blast in Riyadh; none hurt

DUBAI, February 8, 2016

An explosion damaged a car in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Monday, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

A police spokesman said a citizen had reported that his car had been damaged by a blast on Monday while parked in front of his house in the city's Al-Azizia district, according to SPA. There were no injuries. Some nearby vehicles also were damaged.

In a statement released on the Telegram social messaging platform, Islamic State's Amaq news agency said the blast was caused by a "sticky bomb" attached to the vehicle of a member of the Saudi armed forces, the SITE monitoring service reported.




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