2023-07-01 03:44:20
US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, expressed his thanks to his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, on Friday, for the Kingdom’s support during a shooting incident near the US Consulate building in Jeddah, which resulted in the killing of a security guard and the gunman.
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Official statement Blinken thanked the Saudi minister for the kingdom’s “continued support for our diplomatic missions.”
On Wednesday, the US State Department confirmed that an exchange of fire took place in front of its consulate in Jeddah.
And Saudi security announced, on Wednesday, that two people were killed in an exchange of fire in front of the consulate.
The US State Department stated that the two people who were killed in the incident were a security member of the consulate and an armed man.
“The consulate was appropriately closed and no Americans were harmed in the attack,” it noted.
“The US Embassy and Consulate remains in contact with Saudi authorities while they conduct an investigation into the incident,” a State Department spokesperson said in a statement.
And the Makkah police said in a statement that the gunman was traveling in a car and then stopped near the US Consulate building, in Jeddah, and got out of it carrying a firearm in his hand, adding that “the competent security authorities dealt with the person as required by the situation and resulted in an exchange of fire.” his death.”
“Security investigations into the incident are still ongoing to find out its circumstances,” the statement, which was posted on the Emirate of Makkah’s page on Twitter, continued.
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