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At least half a million people took part in funeral processions for victims of last week's deadly terror attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia, local media reported, according to Sputnik. 

Last Friday, the attack on the mosque in the village of Qadeeh, located in the Qatif governorate of the Eastern Province, killed 21 and injured over 100. The Saudi branch of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the act. Saudi police have identified the suicide bomber who carried out the attack, a 20-year-old resident of the same village affiliated with ISIL.

The victims were buried following funeral prayers held in the Qadeeh market square on Monday, according to the Saudi Al Riyadh daily. The procession stretched for over three miles from different settlements in the province to the burial site, the publication said.

Security forces were patrolling all entrances to the square on Monday, searching everyone in attendance due to fears of new terrorist attacks during the funeral.

Participants, meanwhile, called for stricter punishment for crimes of inciting sectarian division.