Bomb blast in Saudi Arabia injures several people
The explosion struck a cemetery targeting a World War 1 remembrance ceremony hosted by French and other Western diplomats
Paris/Riyadh — Several people were wounded in a blast in Saudi Arabia targeting a World War 1 remembrance ceremony hosted by French and other Western diplomats. It was the second attack in two weeks on French interests in the kingdom.
The explosion struck a cemetery in the coastal city of Jeddah on Wednesday as the French, American, British, Italian and Greek embassies marked the war’s armistice, according to a joint statement from the missions. A French foreign ministry spokesperson — who couldn’t be identified in line with ministry rules — confirmed that several people were hurt, while declining to elaborate on the number of wounded and their nationalities...
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