Social media tributes pour in for Saudi hero who thwarted ISIS attack

Social media users in Saudi Arabia and across the Arab world are flooding timelines with tributes for a heroic Saudi man who stopped an ISIS bomber from entering a mosque in a suicide attack on Friday.

Abdul-Jalil al-Arbash died on Friday, when the suicide bomber blew himself up after being denied entrance into the Imam Hussein mosque in Dammam by Abdul-Jalil and his friend Mohammad Hassan Ali bin Isa.

Abdul-Jalil (R) and his friend Mohammad Hassan Ali bin Isa were both killed in the attack. (Twitter)

Social media users posted pictures of the two friends, calling them heroes and “martyrs,” while video was also published on YouTube showing the fathers of both men expressing gratitude for their son’s heroism.

Hussain Al-Zain @iHAlzain

WSU Student Killed in Terrorist Attack #الشهيد_عبدالجليل_الاربش #تفجر_العنود #تفجير_مسجد_حي_العنود_بالدمام http://youtu.be/UNbucU6xadA 

7:23 AM - 30 May 2015

 YouTube @YouTube

•  
 
•  Retweets
 
•  favorites

Abdul-Jalil, 25, had recently returned from studying at a university in the U.S. and was preparing for his wedding

أم أحمد @bahrainmomo

صور #الشهيد_عبدالجليل_الأربش الذي تصدى للانتحاري الارهابي عندما كان يحاول الدخول للمسجد في الدمام

Wasan @wasanator

Reading his timeline broke my heary.. he actually saw it coming @jalilx313 هنيئاً له #الشهيد_عبدالجليل_الاربش

An eyewitness speaking to the Associated Press recounted how Mohammed and Abdul-Jalil “chased the bomber away and died when he detonated the explosives in the mosque car park.”

He said: “They chased the suicide bomber when he tried to enter the women’s section of the mosque in the south entrance.”

The suicide bomber was reportedly disguised as a woman and tried to enter the mosque through a closed female entrance before trying to enter through the main gate where the victims were standing.

View image on Twitter

 Follow

Komil @komz_

You're a hero, may you rest in peace #الشهيد_عبدالجليل_الاربش

Tariq Khan @captainarabiia

#الشهيد_عبدالجليل_الاربش God bless u A Muslim saved lives of 100s When a terrorist who has no religion tried to blow up a house of Allah

Users were also offering their condolences to Kowther al-Arbash, the victim’s mother, who is a prominent writer for Saudi newspaper al-Jazira

Policeman carries out an inspection after a car exploded near a Shi'ite mosque in Saudi Arabia's Dammam. (Reuters)

Source: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/digital/2015/05/30/Social-media-tributes-pour-in-for-Saudi-hero-who-stopped-ISIS-bomber-.html