Frenchman Shot to Death in Jidda
From Times Wire Reports
A Frenchman was shot dead in the Saudi city of Jidda early today in a killing that mirrored recent attacks by Al Qaeda militants trying to destabilize the world’s largest oil exporter.
An Interior Ministry spokesman said the man was shot as he was getting into his car at a late-night supermarket.
The motive was unclear, but the attack resembled the killing of a British engineer in the capital, Riyadh, this month. The Saudi wing of Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for that attack.
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