One Irish was killed in an armed attack in Riyadh

The Saudi Arabian police stressed the assassination of a resident Irish in his office to the east of the capital Riyadh. One Saudi security source said that the police found the body of the man inside his office in the headquarters of one of the trade establishments in Riyadh noting that the killed man is a civil engineer working in a Saudi company.

The source added that the specialized sides opened an investigation to know the implications of the incident. One Western diplomat said that the Irish citizen was killed by four bullets in his office to the east of Riyadh, stressing that no information is available on the motives of the incident and its implications.

In June, gunmen killed one Irish photographer working for the BBC and wounded his British colleaues while they were filming in Riyadh. The number of Irish living in Saudi Arabia tolls 200 perons.