Irish engineer shot dead in Saudi capital

AN Irishman was shot dead yesterday at his office in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, the Government confirmed last night.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Foreign Affairs said Irish Embassy staff in the city were liaising with the Saudi authorities to find out how the attack happened.

It is understood at least one gunman burst into the engineering firm office where the man worked and opened fire with machine guns at around 5pm local time (2pm Irish time).