WASHINGTON, May 19: The United States on Monday closed its consulate in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia to the public after a lone gunman was arrested at its front gate amid heightened fears of terrorist attacks, the State Department said.
The department, through its embassy in the Saudi capital, said no one was threatened or injured in the incident which occurred a week after a triple suicide bombing in Riyadh killed 34 people, including eight Americans.
“An armed individual was apprehended at the initial barrier gate to the US consulate compound in Dhahran at approximately 6:00am on Monday,” the embassy said in a notice to Americans in Saudi Arabia.—AFP
