Gunmen stormed a Shiite mosque in Oman and opened fire. In the shooting, for which the "Islamic State" 6 people died and 28 were injured, the authorities reported, quoted by AP and BTA.
The police said that there were three attackers and that they were killed, AFP reported.
The dead are four Pakistanis, one Indian and one policeman. The attack began on Monday night and continued into the early hours of yesterday.
The attack, which took place in the capital Muscat, shocked the peaceful Gulf sultanate, which usually stays aloof from the region's religious conflicts, has well-trained security forces, a state policy of non-interference and a majority of non-Sunni Muslims. nor Shiites, AP notes.