The repetition of terrorist attacks on mosques and religious centers in eastern Saudi Arabia has caused anger among the local population.
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Davutoğlu, on a visit to Saudi Arabia, had talks with King Salman bin Abdulaziz and met with Saudi investors on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia’s Interior Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef visited the National Guard hospital in al-Asha on Saturday, where some of the wounded are being treated.
Several similar attacks were registered a year ago, of which they were adopted by the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
The US and some of its regional allies, including Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, have lent staunch support to the Takfiri group.
Davutoğlu started his three-day trip in Jeddah, then visited Mecca and later Riyadh.
Two days later, Shias protesting against Nimr’s execution torched a bus in the same area. Saudi Arabia announced that it was cutting all diplomatic ties with Iran.
A total of 33 terror suspects have been held over the past four days, Saudi Gazette reported attributing it to a source.
Al-Tuwaijri died when he detonated his suicide vest at the entrance of the Imam Reda Mosque in al-Ahsa during Friday prayers.
Also on Sunday, the Saudi interior ministry said they were searching for 9 suspects allegedly involved in an August suicide bombing that targeted a mosque inside a police headquarters, killing 15 people.
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A Saudi official says one of two attackers who wore explosive belts in Friday’s deadly assault on a Shiite mosque in the country’s east was a 22-year-old national. A mosque used by security services was also bombed.
