Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The family of Saleh Abdulrahman Al-Qashami, who was responsible for the attack at Al-Qudaih's Ali Bin Abi Talib Mosque in which 21 worshippers were killed on Friday, disowned him, saying it had nothing to do with his terrorist act. “The family members strongly condemn this outrageous act and distance themselves from him as they reiterate their pledge of allegiance to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif and Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman,” the family said in a statement quoted by news website Sabq. The family admitted that he was voicing his wish to commit suicide at home days before the attack. “He also posted a picture on his Twitter account right before he went into the mosque.” A source from the Interior Ministry told Al-Hayat Arabic daily that Al-Qashami was a terrorist who had stated his support for Daesh (the so-called IS) several times on social media. “He has several Twitter accounts and none of them are under his real name. His most frequently posted words were ‘kill' and ‘bomb'. “On one of his accounts, he posted a farewell message to his father before he committed suicide.” The bomber was a student at either a high school or a university, said the Ministry of Interior. The source from the ministry said: “The attack was not spontaneous and it was not organized by terrorist organizations.”
