Kuwait condemns attack in Jeddah

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KUWAIT CITY, Oct 8, (Agencies): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the shooting attack that targeted a checkpoint of the Saudi Royal Guard in front of the western gate of the Peace Palace in Jeddah.

The State of Kuwait reaffirms its full solidarity with the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and supports all measures it might take to defend its security and stability, a senior official at the Ministry said in a press release on Saturday night.

Kuwait, renewing its principled stand against all forms of terrorism, calls for doubling the international efforts to combat terrorism, according to the statement. It expressed condolences for the leaders and people of Saudi Arabia as well as the families of the two security guards who were martyred in the attack, and wished the three wounded others quick recovery.

National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim also Sunday sent a cable of condolences to Chairman of the Saudi Shura Council Dr Abdullah Al-Sheikh condemning the terror attack. Al-Ghanim expressed his strong condemnation of the attack that killed two guards and injured three others. He reaffirmed that the State of Kuwait stands firmly behind Saudi Arabia in all measures it deemed necessary to confront all terrorist acts and restore security.

The gunman shot dead two Saudi guards and wounded three others at the gate of the royal palace in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Saturday, the interior ministry said. Royal guards killed the gunman, identified by the ministry as a 28-yearold Saudi national armed with a Kalashnikov and three grenades. “An outpost of the royal guard came under fire by a person who got out of a Hyundai car,” the ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. “He was immediately dealt with and his cowardly act also resulted in the martyrdom” of two royal guards, it added. The US embassy in Saudi Arabia had earlier cautioned its citizens over reports of the attack. “Due to the possibility of ongoing police activity, American citizens are advised to exercise caution when travelling through the area,” the embassy said in a brief statement.

The warning comes after the Saudi police raided hideouts of a “terror” cell linked to the Islamic State group this week, killing two people and arresting five others, according to the national security agency.

The State Security Agency said police raided three hideouts in the capital Riyadh and exchanged gunfire at one of them, the SPA news agency reported on Thursday. Since late 2014, IS has claimed a series of bombings and shootings against Shiites and security forces in the Sunni- majority kingdom. Saudi Arabia is a member of the US-led international coalition that has been battling the Sunni extremist group in Syria and Iraq.

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