Taking to X, the Indian embassy in Oman mentioned, “Following the taking pictures incident reported in Muscat metropolis on 15 July, Overseas Ministry of Sultanate of Oman has knowledgeable that one Indian nationwide has misplaced his life & one other is injured.”
“Embassy presents its honest condolences & stands prepared to supply all help to the households,” it added.
Monday’s mosque assault, which has but to be claimed, got here as Shiites this week mark Ashura, an annual day of mourning that commemorates the seventh-century demise in battle of Imam Hussein, regarded by the sect because the rightful successor to the Prophet Mohammed.
“The Royal Oman Police have responded to a taking pictures incident that occurred within the neighborhood of a mosque within the Al-Wadi Al-Kabir space” of the capital, a police assertion mentioned.
The three gunmen behind the assault have been killed and law enforcement officials have “concluded the procedures for coping with the taking pictures,” it mentioned.
The realm remained cordoned off on Tuesday, with journalists unable to entry the mosque, an AFP photographer reported.
Oman has a inhabitants of greater than 4 million, of whom upwards of 40 p.c are expat staff, principally from south Asia, in line with authorities figures.
Shiites make up a small minority of Oman’s overwhelmingly Muslim inhabitants. Most Omanis observe the Sunni or Ibadi branches of the religion.
Whereas a number of assaults on Shiite mosques have roiled the Gulf in recent times, Tuesday’s assault is a primary for Oman.
