Qatar condemned yesterday a shooting attack on a guard post which took place on Saturday outside the Royal Peace Palace in Saudi Arabia’s western city of Jeddah.
In an official statement the Qatari Foreign Ministry reiterated the country’s “firm position rejecting violence and terrorism regardless of motives or reasons”.
The ministry sent condolences to the families of the guards who died.
On Saturday Saudi authorities announced that a gunman had opened fire on a checkpoint outside the Peace Palace in Jeddah, killing two guards and injuring three others. The attacker was also killed.
Saudi authorities explained that the attacker drove his car towards the western gate of the palace and began shooting at dawn on Saturday, before he was shot dead by another palace guard.
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The attacker was identified by the Saudi interior ministry as 28-year-old Saudi national, Mansour Al-Amri.
The Royal Peace Palace is a venue where the royal family conducts official business during the summer months. It is located next to the King Abdulaziz Road and Andalus Road on the waterfront of the Red Sea coastal city.
The Qatari statement comes amid a Gulf crisis that started in June when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain collectively severed diplomatic ties with Doha, accusing it of supporting terrorism.
Doha denies the accusations, describing attempts to diplomatically isolate it as a violation of international law and its national sovereignty.