Triple bombings in Saudi Arabia — in pictures

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  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, centre, visiting an injured security officers at a hospital in Jeddah on July 5, 2016, one day after he was injured when a suicide bomber detonated his device. Saudi Press Agency via AP

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  A screen grab from footage released by Al-Ekhbariya showing Saudi security forces at the scene of an explosion in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which according to the interior ministry was carried out by a suicide bomber near an American diplomatic site. Al-Ekhbariya via AP

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  Sheikh Al Faleh, centre, deputy director of the Prophet’s Mosque, and others visit an injured man. Saudi Press Agency via AP

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  Saudi security personnel gather at the site of the suicide attack near the security headquarters of the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina City on July 4, 2016. Four Saudi security personnel were killed and five others were wounded in a suicide bombing one of Islam’s holiest sites, the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, the interior ministry said. AFP

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  Smoke billowing after a bomb explosion close to the Prophet Mohammed Mosque in the holy city of Medina on July 4, 2016. Media reports state that an apparent suicide bomber had detonated a device at the second holiest site in Islam. Other explosions were also reported from sites in Jeddah and Qatif earlier the same day. Saudi Press Agency via EPA

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  Saudi policemen stand guard at the site where a suicide bomber blew himself up in the early hours of July 4, 2016 near the American consulate in the Red Sea city of Jeddah. AFP

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  Saudi emir of Medina Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, left, speaking to a policeman who was injured in a bomb blast close to the Prophet Mohammed Mosque in the holy city of Medina on July 4, 2016. Saudi Press Agency via EPA

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  A damaged car is seen after a blast near the US consulate in Saudi Arabia’s second city of Jeddah on July 4, 2016. Saudi Press Agency via Reuters

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  Muslim worshippers gather after a suicide bomber detonated a device near the security headquarters of the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia on July 4, 2016. Reuters Handout

Three suicide bombings struck across Saudi Arabia on July 4, 2016, including a shocking attack at Islam’s second holiest site, the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, where four security guards were killed.