Security officers became suspicious of a man near the parking lot of Dr Suleiman Faqeeh Hospital, which is directly across from the US diplomatic mission. Updated Mon, July 4th 2016 at 11:37 GMT +3A suicide bomber blew himself up near the United States consulate in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea city of Jeddah in the early hours of Monday, the interior ministry said. Saudi state news channel Al-Ekhbaria said there was a mosque nearby. Investigators are trying to identify the culprit, the interior ministry added. One of the suspects was sought in connection with the suicide bombing of a mosque inside a Saudi special forces compound in the southwestern city of Abha last August.

Source: Standard Digital July 04, 2016 04:07 UTC