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Jeddah: Bomber dies, 2 policemen wounded after attack on US consulate

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Jeddah: Bomber dies, 2 policemen wounded after attack on US consulate
In what appears to be the first attack on foreigners in two years, a suicide bomber was killed and two police officers were severely wounded following a blast near the United States consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Quoting a security spokesman, the assailant reportedly parked his car outside a hospital which is opposite the consulate and decided to detonate his device when the police officers approached him.
The suicide bomber died on the spot and wounded the police officers who were some metres away from attacker before he detonated his explosive device.
Three further blasts rocked the location of the bombing hours later, a witness told Reuters, as police carried out what appeared to be controlled explosions near the site.
 

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