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The ISIS group on Thursday (12/11) claimed responsibility for a non-Muslim funeral attack in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah, which wounded scores of people, although there was no evidence to substantiate this claim.

In a statement on its official channel on Telegram, ISIS revealed that "its soldiers" hid a homemade bomb at the cemetery on Wednesday, which then exploded after several hours "consuls of crusading countries" gathered there.

The explosion which took place during a World War I memorial service involving foreign embassies was the second security incident to have occurred in Jeddah in recent weeks and the first attack of homemade bombs in years in an attempted attack on foreigners in the conservative kingdom.

In a subsequent statement, ISIS claims to be targeting the French consul general, who attended the ceremony, for what he thinks is a warning against France for publishing cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

The French government defended its right to publish the cartoon, which Muslims saw as an insult. On October 18 ISIS spokesmen asked their supporters to target Westerners, oil pipelines, and economic infrastructure in Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)