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US national shot dead in Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh US security contractor shot dead in Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh
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A US national was shot dead and another wounded in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Tuesday, police said, in what appeared to be the first killing of a westerner in years in a gun attack in the kingdom.A US national was shot dead and another wounded in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Tuesday, police said, in what appeared to be the first killing of a westerner in years in a gun attack in the kingdom.
Police later shot and wounded an assailant and then arrested him, said the brief statement, carried by SPA, the state media agency. Police later shot and wounded an assailant and then arrested him, said the brief statement, carried by SPA, the state media agency said.
“The attack resulted in the killing of one person and the wounding of another and it turned out they were of American citizenship,” it said.“The attack resulted in the killing of one person and the wounding of another and it turned out they were of American citizenship,” it said.
Police said the attack happened when the two stopped their vehicle at a filling station in an eastern district of the capital. A US official said both victims were working with a private security contractor, Vinnell Arabia. The company was working with the Saudi national guard, the official said.
Police said the attack happened when the two stopped their vehicle at a gas station in an eastern district of the capital.
The last reported killings of westerners by armed assailants in Saudi Arabia happened in 2007 when three French nationals were shot dead while camping in the north-west of the country.The last reported killings of westerners by armed assailants in Saudi Arabia happened in 2007 when three French nationals were shot dead while camping in the north-west of the country.
The motive behind the fatal shooting is not yet known and an investigation is under way, the interior ministry spokesman, Major General Mansour Turki, said. Saudi Arabia is a member of the US-led coalition conducting a campaign of air strikes against extremists with Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
The assailant, who was wounded in the attack and then detained, is a Saudi national who was born in the United States, he told Reuters. He added that a third US national in a separate vehicle witnessed the attack. But the motive behind the fatal shooting is not yet known and an investigation is under way, the interior ministry spokesman, Major General Mansour Turki, said.
The assailant, who was wounded in the attack and then detained, is a Saudi national who was born in the United States, Turki told Reuters. He added that a third US national in a separate vehicle witnessed the attack.