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06-08-2004, 09:58 AM
American Citizen Gunned Down in Saudi Arabia, Second Deadly Shooting of a Westerner in Two Days
The Associated Press
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia June 8, 2004 — An American citizen was shot and killed Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, a U.S. Embassy official said, the second deadly shooting of a Westerner in the kingdom in two days.
"We can confirm that an American has been killed in Riyadh," a U.S. Embassy official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. He provided no further details.
Another diplomat in Riyadh, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said the man was shot and killed in the Khaleej neighborhood of eastern Riyadh.
Saudi security officials would not immediately comment.
An Irish cameraman and a British reporter for the British Broadcasting Corp. came under fire Sunday while filming a militant's family home in Riyadh. The cameraman, Simon Cumbers, 36, was killed and BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner, 42, was critically injured.
The shootings follow a string of dramatic attacks in the kingdom targeting foreigners and said to be carried out by militants inspired by or belonging to the terror network led by Saudi-born Osama bin Laden.
From (http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040608_479.html)
The Associated Press
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia June 8, 2004 — An American citizen was shot and killed Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, a U.S. Embassy official said, the second deadly shooting of a Westerner in the kingdom in two days.
"We can confirm that an American has been killed in Riyadh," a U.S. Embassy official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. He provided no further details.
Another diplomat in Riyadh, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said the man was shot and killed in the Khaleej neighborhood of eastern Riyadh.
Saudi security officials would not immediately comment.
An Irish cameraman and a British reporter for the British Broadcasting Corp. came under fire Sunday while filming a militant's family home in Riyadh. The cameraman, Simon Cumbers, 36, was killed and BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner, 42, was critically injured.
The shootings follow a string of dramatic attacks in the kingdom targeting foreigners and said to be carried out by militants inspired by or belonging to the terror network led by Saudi-born Osama bin Laden.
From (http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040608_479.html)