British citizen wounded in third recent explosion in Saudi Arabia

One person of British nationality was strongly wounded in East Saudi Arabia when a mailing box exploded in his car.

The Saudi news agency said today quoting an official security source as saying that the British was wounded when a mailing box resembles a juice box went off in the hand of the man.

The source did not disclose the name of the man but said that his wife was accompanying him.

The source added that the man was strongly wounded in his right hand and parts of his body but described his condition as stable.

Worthy mentioning this is the third explosion which targets British living in Saudi Arabia in less than one month. One British was killed when his car went off in the Saudi capital on November 17 and four days later three British men and one Irish woman were wounded.

Earlier, Saudi news reports said that an American was arrested over suspicious links to al-Riyadh's attacks took place in November.