Anti-Shi'ite sectarianism condemned at Saudi Arabia bomb victim's funeral

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Thousands of Shi’ite Muslims in Saudi Arabia turned out on Saturday for the funeral of the latest victim of the country’s deadliest bomb attack in years.

Mansour Fateel died from his wounds sustained in the previous day’s suicide bombing at a mosque in the village of al-Qudeeh.

His death took the number of victims to 22.

The attack was one of two on Friday which the Sunni Islamic State group said it carried out.

The second, at a Shi’ite mosque in nearby Dammam killed four people, according to the authorities.

ISIL’s suicide bomber targeted worshippers at Friday prayers, but Saudi officials said he had failed to reach the mosque itself.

Most of Friday’s victims – all men and boys – are buried in a cemetery next to the mosque, each grave marked with a photo.

Mourners condemned sectarianism, several blaming TV channels for portraying Shi’ites as heretics.

“The biggest reasons behind this (the suicide bomb attacks) are the sectarian TV channels and they are making Shi’ite

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