4 dead in shooting near mosque in Oman

Four people were killed and several injured in a shooting near a mosque in Muscat, the capital of Oman, police said on Tuesday, July 16.

“The Royal Oman Police responded to a shooting incident that occurred near a mosque in the Al-Wadi Al-Kabir area,” a police statement said.

The force initially stated that four people were killed and “several others” injured at the mosque in eastern Muscat.

“All necessary security measures and procedures have been taken to manage the situation and authorities continue to collect evidence and conduct investigations to uncover the circumstances of the incident,” police said in a statement on social media platform X.

Oman is located on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula. Acts of violence of this kind are rare in the Sultanate.

The US Embassy in Oman has issued a warning to all Americans to stay away from the area.