Riyadh: A gunman opened fire outside a Saudi royal palace yesterday, killing two members of the Saudi Royal Guard.
The Saudi Press Agency quoted the security spokesman for the Interior Ministry as saying that at around 3.32am the attacker disembarked from a vehicle and opened fire on the western gate of the palace, killing two Guard members and wounding three others. The gunman was shot dead on the spot, according to the SPA report.
The ministry identified the attacker as Mansour bin Hassan bin Ali bin Al Fahid Al Amri, a 28-year-old Saudi national.
He was carrying Kalashnikov rifles and three Molotov cocktails, the ministry said, adding that the investigation is ongoing.