The Omani police revealed that the three individuals involved in the shooting near a mosque in Muscat this week are brothers from Oman and have been killed, explaining that the investigations indicated they were influenced by "misguided ideas." The police stated in a message published on the platform "X" and reported by the Oman News Agency, "In order for the Royal Oman Police to keep the esteemed public informed about the developments of the shooting incident in Al-Wadi Al-Kabeer, it has been confirmed that the three perpetrators involved in the incident are Omanis and they are brothers." They added that they "met their deaths due to their insistence on resisting security forces, and investigations indicated that they were influenced by misguided ideas."
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack via the Telegram application. Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Arab organizations condemned the attack claimed by ISIS in Oman's capital, Muscat. The Oman News Agency reported that the shooting in Muscat resulted in the death of 9 individuals, including a police officer and 3 "criminals," with 28 others wounded, including foreigners, in this rare incident.
The Pakistani Foreign Ministry stated in a release reported by the official news agency that 4 of its citizens were killed and others injured in the attack near the mosque in the Al-Wadi Al-Kabeer area of Muscat, without providing further details. The official announcement from the Omani government about the attackers only mentioned that they are three brothers of Omani nationality who were influenced by ISIS's terrorist ideas. However, social media commentators mentioned that one of the attackers is the singer Sultan Al-Omani, who recently retired due to his religious commitment.
Who is Sultan Al-Omani? Sultan Al-Omani is the famous Omani artist Sultan Hamoud Al-Omani, born in Salalah in 1976, with Omani origins. He is known for his Gulf and Iraqi songs that have gained widespread popularity, as his YouTube channel has over a million followers, and his songs receive millions of likes and views. Despite the fame of his various songs, he lacks media and journalistic presence, hence there is little information available about his personal details. According to activists on social media, "Al-Omani joined ISIS and began spreading the organization's ideas, appearing in videos shared on the organization’s accounts, where he threatens death while holding the ISIS flag."
