An attacker opened fire at an education department in southern Saudi Arabia on Thursday, killing six employees, a senior Saudi official said.
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The attacker has been arrested, Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman General Mansour Turki said.
A further two were injured in the horrific shooting at the building in Jazan province, according to state media.
The station reports the shooting in a post on Twitter.
The state-run Saudi Press Agency did not immediately report the shooting.
Elsewhere in the kingdom there have been mass shootings and bombings claimed by the Islamic State group against the Shiite minority community.
The latest quagmire in the mid-east has led to the oil rich kingdom leading a coalition of countries carrying out airstrikes and ground operations in neighboring Yemen in support of the deeply impoverished country’s worldwide recognized government along with financing rebellion against Syria’s incumbent government as led by dictator, Bashar Hafez al-Assad. At least two more people were wounded in the attack, and the suspect was in custody.
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Saudi Arabia has directed an air effort against Shia Houthi rebels and violence in the boundary area has not been infrequent in recent months.
