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| Saudi Arabia teacher 'kills six colleagues' in Jazan | |
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| A teacher has shot dead at least six colleagues in Saudi Arabia's southern Jazan province, officials have said. | |
| The attacker has been arrested, a Saudi interior ministry spokesman was quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying. Two other people have been wounded. | |
| No motive has been given for the attack, and authorities are treating it as a criminal act, the official said. | |
| Mass shootings are rare in Saudi Arabia but it has faced recent attacks by the so-called Islamic State. | |
| Saudi Arabia has led an air campaign against Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen and violence in the border region has been frequent in recent months. | |
| Police have cordoned off the office compound, local media reported. |