U.S. Contract Worker Killed, one injured at gas station shooting

Posted on October 14, 2014 • Filed under: Expatriates Injured, Expatriates Killed, Middle East

cnn.com reported one American defense contract worker was killed and another was lightly injured in a shooting at a gas station in Saudi Arabia’s capital on Tuesday, a U.S. State Department official said. The two were at a gas station in Riyadh when a gunman opened fire on their car, the country’s official news agency reported, citing police in the city.
The Saudi Embassy in the United States identified the suspected gunman as Abdulaziz Fahad Abdulaziz Alrashid, 24, a dual Saudi-American citizen who had worked at the same U.S. defense contractor as the victims. Read Article

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