Times of Islamabad

French Consulate guard comes under attack in Saudi Arabia

French Consulate guard comes under attack in Saudi Arabia

DUBAI: A man has been arrested for allegedly attacking a guard “with sharptool” at the French consulate in Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, theKingdom’s media and Parisian embassy confirmed on Thursday.

State media reported that a Saudi citizen managed to wound a guard in asuspected knife attack at the French consulate but refused to give thenationality of the sentry, who they said had sustained minor injuries.

The embassy, on the other hand, said the guard at the French consulate inJeddah “was taken to hospital and his life is not in danger”.

“The assailant was apprehended by Saudi security forces immediately afterthe attack,” they added, urging its nationals in the Kingdom to exercise”extreme