outside the mosque when the bomber detonated his explosives. isis has claimed responsibility for that attack. cnn s nick valencia is covering the story. he was back in saudi arabia to be married? he was there visiting the country with the intention of getting married. but before he did that he was volunteering as a security guard outside of a shia mosque. there was recently another attack on a separate shia mosque which is why tensions were very high. that 22-year-old abdul jalil al arbash noticed the suspect when he showed up at the mosque dressed as a female. according to reports women were told to stay home because of the heightened security risk. abdul jalil is said to have chased off the attacker who ended up detonating the device killing himself and three others. at a memorial service held yesterday, abdul jalil s family spoke with the character of this young man. his move in saudi arabia was bravely. because of the bravery and heroism, he saved a lot of people.
he s like a brother or monday that brother, for everybody. if you can see right now, you re going to see a smile on his face. saudi arabia s government has not officially identified abdul jalil as the man who stopped the suicide bomber. but they did release a statement talking about the details of what happened during friday afternoon s incident. saying security men suspected a car and was heading to the car parking adjacent to the mosque. when the security men approached the car, it exploded killing four people one is believed to be the driver. spreading fire to a number of cars. abdul jalil s family says he saved hundreds of moves. wichita state university have issued a response as well? they re mourning the loss of this young man. they say he had an incredible character, was an incredibly good student as well. saying wichita state university community is saddened by the tragic death of one of our students our condolences go out to abdul jalil s family. very sad story. nick
conducting an official investigation. what he s describing in his story matches what s physically there at the time so i m thinking this could be this could be something, it s something that really needs to be looked at closely. reporter: holloway wants a search but authorities say, that s not going to happen. it s useless to search there with drilling or whatever. one thing will be sure she s not lying there. she can t be lying there. reporter: dave holloway says if people have this idea it would require demolishing the hotel or doing major structural damage to investigators he says no that s not true. drill a couple of holes in foundation get a cadaver doug on the island, get it it past those holes and you d have an answer quickly. as you heard, the prosecutor says not going to happen. fascinating case.
they did and didn t do when they learned about josh duggar s offenses here. we have to also hear about the victims in the story, we ve heard from almost nothing from them or about them. the word by the way about the interview we will not be hearing from the children only from the parents. obviously them coming forward and speaking will be a first step where they hope to repair some of the damage publicity wise that s been done to their family. brian stelter, thank you. sentenced to life in an egyptian president but a jailed american is coming home. the story, next.
with tlc. it wasn t about advertiser pressure it was refreshinglecting what tlc was doing. but it s been wiped away off the internet and television. again, making it harder to bring it back in the future. one of most logical outcomes here is a spin-off. maybe that s why the parents think they need to do a television interview, they need to tell their side of the story and make it more possible 30 have a spin-off in the future. what about the brand? depending what the parents say of course what will happen to the duggar brand? you know this might be the rare sort of reality tv scandal that doesn t actually help a show. you know we ve seen with duck dynasty it results in higher ratings and more interest in the subjects of the show. this might be one of the rare stories where that s not the case because we re talking molestation including of family members. that s why the questions for parents are going to be so crucial here. we have to hear from them what