On al-Khubar explosion in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi authorities have disclosed the identity of the persons killed and the wounded as a result of the explosion which took place on Saturday evening before one of a trade center for selling watches in al-Khubar province to the East of Saudi Arabia and resulted in killing two and wounding other four.

In a statement, the director of the Eastern province in Saudi Arabia on Sunday said that one of the dead is Michael Jerald Martin, of the American nationality and the other killed man is not identified yet and the wounded are Aden Manco, of the British nationality; Joanna Feline, American; and Belo Arsa and Richard Juice of the Filipino nationality.

The Saudi security official indicated that all the wounded are in the hospital and they are in stable health conditions and that investigations continue to define the identity of the second person who was killed in the explosion and the reason behind the incident. In its Sunday's issue, the Saudi daily Okaz said that one of the body of one of the two killed persons was torn and it is expected that he was the one who was carrying the explosive which caused the explosion.

Moreover, Saudi medical sources said the wounded were admitted to King Fahd university hospital in al-Khubar and the second killed persons in most expectedly, a Filipino.