SAUDI ARABIA: Gun men killed an American working for a US company in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, yesterday, the fifth attack on westerners and other foreigners in the world's top oil exporter in five weeks.
The latest killing in the kingdom, which has been battling to stamp out attacks by al-Qaeda for more than a year, was expected to heighten fears among tens of thousands of expatriates, many of whom work in the oil industry.
The American worked for Vinnell, a unit of Northrop Grumman Corp that trains the Saudi National Guard, an elite force protecting the monarchy.
Witnesses said the gunmen followed the American in a car when he left a clinic to go to his villa in the Rawda area and shot him when he got out of his vehicle.
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- (Reuters)