Bomb strikes WWI memorial at Saudi cemetery

Saudi police close a street leading to a non-Muslim cemetery in the city of Jeddah where a bomb struck a World War I commemoration attended by European diplomats. JEDDAH: A bomb blast struck a World War I commemoration attended by French and other diplomats in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Wednesday , wounding at least two people in the second such assault in weeks.

The bombing, which an eyewitness said left one of the panic-stricken attendees drenched in blood, comes as French President Emmanuel Macron has sought to assuage Muslim anger over the cartoons printed by the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. "At the end of the speech we heard an explosion. We didn't quite understand it at first, but we then realised that we were the target," Chaaya told France's BFMTV.

Roads leading up to the cemetery in central Jeddah were blocked by Saudi traffic police, according to an AFP photographer at the scene. Several countries are marking the 102nd anniversary of the armistice signed by Germany and Allied countries to end the war.

Saudi Arabia is controlling covid rather well here. Overall this is still a safe n well controlled country.

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