The Indian Embassy in Oman announced on Tuesday that one Indian national has been killed and another injured in a gunfight that took place on Monday near a Shiite mosque in Muscat.
"Following a shooting incident reported in Muscat yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Oman has announced that one Indian national has been killed and another injured," the Indian Embassy in Oman said in a post on X.
. The embassy offered its "deepest condolences and is ready to provide all possible assistance to the bereaved families," the message added.
Following a shooting incident reported in Muscat on July 15, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Oman announced that one Indian national has been killed and another injured. The embassy offers its deepest condolences and is ready to provide all possible assistance to the bereaved families. Nine people were killed in an attack on a Shiite mosque in Oman, including three attackers.
The incident also injured 28 people, including security forces. The attack came as Shiite Muslims celebrate Ashura, an annual period of mourning that marks the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in the seventh century.
"This is an unprecedented event... We have never seen anything like this in the history of Oman," Pakistan's ambassador in Muscat, Imran Ali, said, thanking police and hospital staff, Reuters reported.
Pakistan's ambassador to Oman, Imran Ali, told AFP that the mosque was mainly visited by South Asian expatriates, who are home to at least 400,000 Pakistanis in Oman.
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