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2 Guards Killed, 3 Injured in Attack on Peace Palace, Saudis Say

by VOA News

   The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia warned U.S. citizens to exercise
   caution Saturday in the area around Jeddah's Al-Salam Palace, or Peace
   Palace, after reports of an attack there.

   Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said Saturday that two Saudi guards
   were killed and three more were injured when a man drove up to the
   western gate of the royal palace in Jeddah and began shooting.

   A spokesman for the ministry said members of the Royal Guard fatally
   shot the attacker.

   The spokesman said the shooter was Mansour al-Amri, 28, a Saudi
   national.