7 foreigners die in Saudi attacks

Many civilians were evacuated from the area and the compound was cordoned off after the attack.

An American, a Briton, an Egyptian, two Filipinos, an Indian and a Pakistani were killed when the militants attacked foreigners’ compounds in Khobar, along with two Saudi civilians and seven security force members, they said.

A statement purportedly from Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network was posted on Islamist websites claiming responsibility for the attack.

An employee at the Oasis compound said the militants had asked residents to show their identity cards to find out their religions. He said he saw six to seven bodies and that the militants had used hand grenades in the attack. Saudi state television showed footage of a man with Western features, slumped in his car, apparently shot dead. It also showed a charred car and a third blood-spattered vehicle. —(Reuters)