British journalist killed in Saudi Arabia

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A British cameraman has been shot dead in the Saudi capital Riyadh, security and diplomatic sources say.

Another British man who was wounded in the incident was also a journalist, Saudi sources said.

They said the man was shot in the Suweidi district of the capital on Sunday.

"Two British nationals were shot by unknown elements in a working-class district of Riyadh at 5:40 pm (1440 GMT) Sunday. One was killed and the other wounded," the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

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1. Two BBC men shot in Saudi capital

BBC cameraman Simon Cumbers has been killed and correspondent Frank Gardner injured after gunmen opened fire near the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Cumbers, 36, was a freelance journalist and cameraman working for the BBC, the BBC said in a statement.

Frank Gardner, 42, is the BBC's security correspondent and a leading expert on al-Qaeda, the statement said. Riyadh's police chief said the attack was carried out by "unknown elements" at around 1740 (1640 GMT) on Sunday.


The BBC statement said the two men had travelled to Saudi Arabia last week following terrorist attacks in the city of Khobar and have been reporting from the country for BBC News since then.
Cumbers had worked throughout the world filming major news stories
It said that Gardner was being treated in hospital in Riyadh.
BBC Director of News Richard Sambrook said that Gardner "suffered, I gather, a number of gunshot wounds".


The Saudi ambassador in Britain, Prince Turki al-Faisal, offered "the most sincere and heartfelt condolences to the families" of Cumbers and Gardner. We will not allow this incident or any other attack to deter us from our goal, the eradication of this wicked group whose aim is to destabilise our society

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