Suicide blast outside Prophet's mosque in Medina: Saudi Media

Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news channel showed images of fire raging in a parking lot with at least one body nearby.

In Shiite-dominated Qatif, on the Gulf coast, residents said a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque frequented by the minority community

Another suicide bomber detonated his explosives earlier near the US consulate in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, injuring two security officers

The explosion occurred in a security forces parking area, Al-Arabiya reported.

Two other bombers blew themselves up earlier today on opposite sides of the kingdom, which has previously been targeted by the Islamic State group of Sunni extremists

A suicide blast struck today in Saudi Arabia outside one of Islam's holiest sites, the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, local media reported.