Friday, May 22, 2015 | 10:02 a.m.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A group purporting to be a newly-established Saudi affiliate of the Islamic State group says it is behind Friday's attack on Shiite worshippers in the kingdom.
In a statement distributed on IS-linked Twitter feeds, a group purporting to be the IS branch in Saudi Arabia issued the claim. It could not be independently confirmed if the new group has operational links to the Islamic State group, based in Syria and Iraq.
The local Red Crescent says at least 19 people were killed by the suicide bomber.
The group's statement carried a logo in Arabic referring to itself as the "Najd Province" — a reference to the historic region that is home to the capital Riyadh and the ruling Al Saud family, as well as the ultraconservative Wahhabi branch of Islam.
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