Washington: A security guard and a gunman were killed in a shooting in front of the US consulate in Saudi Arabia’s coastal city of Jeddah on Wednesday.
The officers provided this information. The US State Department said no Americans were harmed in the shooting outside the consulate.
A police spokesman said, ‘At 6:45 pm (1545 GMT), a man stopped in a car in front of the consulate building and got out with a weapon in his hand.
The security forces reacted… resulting in a shootout in which the assailant was killed. A Nepali security officer was injured in the firing and later died.
The US State Department said in a statement in Washington, “We express our sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased local guard.”
The State Department said Saudi forces killed the attacker and the United States is in contact with Riyadh as it launches an investigation.
