Bomber killed, two police wounded in blast outside U.S. consulate in Jeddah – Reuters

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The attacker parked his car outside a hospital opposite the consulate at about 02:15 and detonated his device after being approached by two security men, killing him and lightly wounding them, it said, quoting a security spokesman, Reuters reports.

Three further blasts rocked the location of the bombing hours later, a witness told Reuters, as police carried out what appeared to be controlled explosions near the site.

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