On 27 August 2009, at about 23:30 hours (Saudi local time), a suicide bomber belonging to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) tried to assassinate the Assistant Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia, Prince Muhammad bin Nayef al-Saud, in Jeddah. The Prince, who is also the son of the Interior Minister and is responsible for counter-terrorism, received mild injuries to several of his fingers.
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