A fuel truck has exploded after hitting part of a bridge in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, engulfing buildings and cars in flames and killing at least 22 people.

A fuel truck exploded in the Saudi capital Riyadh today, engulfing buildings and cars in flames and killing at least 14 people, witnesses and officials said.

A FRENCHMAN was shot dead in the Red Sea city of Jeddah yesterday in what Saudi officials said was a “terrorist attack”, the second shooting of a Westerner in the oil-rich kingdom in 10 days.

Gunmen opened fire today on a car carrying at least one US national outside a compound in the Saudi capital of Riyadh that is used by members of the US military, a security official said.

SAUDI ARABIA’S security forces found a pick-up truck packed with more than a ton of explosives when they raided a militant cell primed to launch a “terrorist operation” in Riyadh, officials said yesterday.