Four killed, several wounded in shooting near Mosque in Oman

Four Killed, Several Wounded in Shooting Near Mosque in Oman

Four killed, several wounded in shooting near Mosque in Oman

Four people have been killed in a shooting near a mosque in Oman’s capital Muscat, the country’s police say.

In a brief statement, they say “a number” of people were also injured in al-Wadi al-Kabir area.

Officers responded to the incident, and an investigation is now under way, Tuesday’s statement said.

The police provided no further details, but some reports suggest that at least one gunman opened fire with an assault rifle.

“All security measures have been put in place to deal with the situation, and procedures for collecting evidence are being completed as part of the investigation,” the police statement said.

Such violence is rare in Oman, a strategically placed country at the mouth of the Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula with a predominantly Muslim population.

Economic theme overshadowed by rally attack

The first day of the convention was filled with speeches from Republican officials and ordinary supporters selected to bolster day’s theme, the economy.

Bobby Bartels, a union leader from New York, told the crowd: “Out of control inflation is squeezing budgets and both violent crime and drug epidemics are pushing people out of our cities, all while Democrats do nothing.”

“That’s why this union Democrat will be voting Trump,” he said.

But the assassination attempt was still fresh in the minds of delegates who had assembled from across the US and its territories.

“Saturday scared me,” said Florida delegate Joe Mullins said. “We’d be in a whole different world if not for half an inch. I had tears in my eyes, and I haven’t cried like that since I lost my mother.”

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, who was one of the names on Trump’s vice-presidential shortlist, told the crowd: “If you didn’t believe in miracles before Saturday, you better be believing right now.”

“On Saturday, the devil came to Pennsylvania with a rifle, but an American lion got back up on his feet and he roared,” he said.