RIYADH (Reuters) - A US national was shot dead and another wounded when their car was fired upon in an eastern district of Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Tuesday afternoon, a police spokesman said in a statement carried by state media.
An assailant was cornered and arrested, the statement said.
Photos have circulated on Twitter purporting to show the site of the attack:
One American killed, another wounded in the #Saudi capital #Riyadhpic.twitter.com/DwZIFVunaF
— Zaid Benjamin (@zaidbenjamin) October 14, 2014According to the police statement, the Americans were attacked while stopped at a gas station. There was an exchange of fire, leading to the attacker's injury and arrest.
(Reporting by Angus McDowall, Editing by William Maclean and Alison Williams)