UAE slams attack on Saudi security checkpoint

abu dhabi — The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the terrorist attack targeting a security checkpoint in the Buraidah District of the Qassim Province, Saudi Arabia.

A member of Saudi Arabia’s security forces and a foreign citizen were killed in the attack. Two attackers were also killed in the ensuing shootout.

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said that the UAE strongly condemns these criminal acts that threaten international security and stability.

The ministry also reiterated its persistent and principled position against all forms and manifestations of terrorism that target all, regardless of their religion and race.

The ministry expressed the UAE’s condolences and solace to the government and the people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well as to the families of those killed.

According to AFP, a drive-by shooting against a checkpoint in central Saudi Arabia and an ensuing gunfight on Sunday left a security officer, a Bangladeshi civilian and two attackers dead, the kingdom’s interior ministry said.

“A security checkpoint on the Buraydah-Tarfiyah road in Qassim region came under fire from three terrorists riding in a vehicle on Sunday afternoon,” the ministry said in a statement.

“Two of the terrorists were killed and a third was wounded and transferred to hospital,” it added.

Sergeant Suleiman Abdelaziz Abdel Latif was named as the Saudi fatality. The ministry said a Bangladeshi resident was also killed, but did not announce his name. The authorities said a criminal investigation has been launched into the attack.

Four Saudi policemen were killed and four others wounded on April 20 in an attack targeting a checkpoint in the southwestern province of Asir. —

In the attack on security checkpoint on the Buraydah-Tarfiyah road in Qassim region, two of the terrorists were killed a++nd a third was wounded and transferred to hospital Saudi interior ministry