U.S. Embassy officials in Saudi Arabia and Interior Ministry officials could not be immediately reached for comment. In June, the Interior Ministry reported 26 terror attacks had taken place in the kingdom in the last two years. Okaz news website said the bomber died in the attack, and that no other deaths were immediately reported. A suicide bomber carried out an attack early on Monday near a U.S. diplomatic site in the Red Sea city of Jiddah, according to state-linked Saudi news sites. The three-hour battle on the heavily guarded compound came amid a wave of al-Qaeda attacks targeting Westerners and Saudi security posts.

Source: The Hindu July 04, 2016 02:15 UTC