Two dead in school shooting in Saudi Arabia, no children present
Two people were killed and another injured when a man opened fire inside a private school’s administration building in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, on Wednesday, but no students were present, the head of the school said.
The shooting was “a case of a disgruntled employee,” said Talal al-Maiman, CEO of Kingdom Holding and chairman of Kingdom Schools, which operated the school. “It is with regret that the administration building of Kingdom Schools witnessed this morning a shooting incident by an Arab national who was dismissed from the school four years ago on the basis of anger issues and an unstable personality,” he said.
The victims were a Saudi national and a Palestinian national, he said, and the situation at the school was contained as of mid-afternoon. The school had been closed about a week before the Ramadan holiday, in line with a royal decree. The holiday began on Saturday. Police cars could be seen at the school campus, but the scene was otherwise quiet.
An Interior Ministry spokesman said it was a “criminal case” and that Riyadh Police would issue a statement with further details. Kingdom Schools is owned and operated by Kingdom Holdings, a company of Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. …read more
