A security guard outside a United States consulate in Saudi Arabia was shot dead when a gunman opened fire on Wednesday night, officials said.
No American personnel were injured, the spokesperson said, adding that Saudi authorities are now investigating the incident. The shooter has not yet been identified and no motive has yet been established.
“A person in a car stopped near the American consulate building in Jeddah Governorate and got out of it carrying a firearm in his hand,” a spokesperson for Mecca’s regional police said, according to . “So security authorities took the initiative to deal with him as required and the exchange of fire resulted in his death.”did not name the security guard killed in the incident but said they were Nepalese. The State Department has expressed condolences to the guard’s family and loved ones.
The consulate in Jeddah has previously been targeted with deadly violence. In 2004, five militants armed with guns and explosives stormed the consulate and killed nine people including four Saudi security personnel and five staff inside. Three of the attackers were killed during the raid and two others were captured.
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