Gunman kills two guards in attack on Saudi royal palace
A gunman has killed two guards in an attack on the Saudi royal palace in Jeddah. Mansour bin Hassan bin Ali bin Al Fahid al-Amri, 28, has been identified as the attacker according to reports.
He got out of a vehicle and opened fire on the western gate of the palace, killing two members of the Saudi Royal Guard and wounding three others, a spokesman for the interior ministry said. The gunman was shot dead on the spot at the Al-Salam Palace on Saturday, according to the Saudi Press Agency report.The report added that he was carrying Kalashnikov rifles and three Molotov cocktails. Investigations are ongoing, a statement from the interior ministry said.
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