Agence France-Presse, Associated Press and Reuters reported that the French Embassy in Saudi Arabia stated that on Thursday, a Saudi citizen attacked the French consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with a knife, and a guard was injured.
After the attack, the attacker was immediately arrested.
The French Embassy in Saudi Arabia stated that the consulate in Jeddah was “struck with a knife and a guard was injured”, adding that the guard had been taken to the hospital and was not life-threatening.
The statement posted on Twitter said that the French Embassy “strongly condemned” the attack on the diplomatic institution.
Police in Mecca Province, where Jeddah is located, said the attacker was a Saudi, but did not disclose the nationality of the guard. The police said the guard was slightly injured.
Neither the Saudi authorities nor the French embassy revealed the motive of the attack.
Earlier Thursday, in the southern French city of Nice, a man with a knife beheaded a woman and killed two people. The mayor of Nice called the attack a “terrorist attack.”
Nice attack scene
On Thursday, the French Muslim Faith Committee strongly condemned the knife attack in Nice.
A committee representative said: “In order to express my condolences to the victims and their relatives
I call on all Muslims in France to cancel the celebration of Mawlid.”
This festival is to commemorate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. Four celebration.
On the 16th of this month, Samuel Paty, a middle school history teacher in Paris, was killed and beheaded near the school.
He had previously shown to the students in the class and in the classroom the “Charlie Hebdo” about the Prophet Muhammad.
Caricature. France is therefore on high alert.
