Najib: Malaysia condemns attack in Mecca


Muslim worshippers pray at the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on June 23, 2017, during the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has condemned in the strongest terms the suicide bombing attack near the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in a Twitter post expressed his sympathies to the Saudi government and its people and the 11 victims who were injured in the incident, which included police officers.

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