Toll from Oman mosque attack rises to six, three gunmen killed: police

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Sulatan Qaboos mosque in the centre of Salalah in the south of Oman on the coast of the Arabian Sea

The death toll from a shooting near a Shiite mosque in Oman’s capital has climbed to six, police said Tuesday, adding that the three attackers were also killed.

Monday’s shooting “resulted in the death of five individuals, the martyrdom of one policeman, and the death of the three perpetrators,” with at least 28 other people wounded, Omani police said in a statement.

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