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Warden Message: Jeddah Shooting
Consular Affairs Bulletins
Middle East / N. Africa - Saudi Arabia
7 Dec 2006

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U.S. Consulate Jeddah distributed the following Warden Message on December 7, 2006:

At approximately 8 p.m. on December 7, we were informed that police fired on a vehicle on the street facing the U.S. Consulate in Jeddah. At present we do not know if there are any injured parties. We will advise in a subsequent warden message if there are any indications that this was an attempted attack on the U.S. Consulate. There were no injuries to Consulate personnel or damage to the Consulate as a result of this incident.

Earlier in the day, a sniper fired on Saudi police at a jail in the Al-Ruais district of Jeddah, several miles from the Consulate grounds. Saudi officials have confirmed that two persons died in the attack. Police are still searching for individuals believed to be involved in this attack. We do not yet know if these two incidents are related.

In light of these events, post wishes to encourage U.S. citizens to follow appropriate personal security practices, in line with the information below in the materials below.

American citizens in Saudi Arabia are advised to review the following Department of State travel information:

1. Travel Warning for Saudi Arabia, dated June 23, 2006

2. Public Announcement: Middle East and North Africa, dated November 20, 2006

3. Public Announcement: Worldwide Caution, dated October 11, 2006

4. Consular Information Sheet for Saudi Arabia, dated November 3, 2006

The Department of State shares credible threat information through its Consular Information Program documents, available on the Internet at http://travel.state.gov . In addition to information on the Internet, travelers may obtain up-to-date information on security conditions by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the U.S. and Canada or, for callers outside the U.S. and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. Holidays).

American citizens are reminded to keep their registration up-to-date. See http://riyadh.usembassy.gov/saudi-arabia/registration.html for registration information.

To hear recordings of the most recent security information, you may call the Embassy in Riyadh at +966-1-488-3800 and press 6 for regional or worldwide security information or press 7 for "Travel Warning for Saudi Arabia". You can also review earlier Warden Messages at http://riyadh.usembassy.gov/saudi-arabia/citizen_services.html .

General Inquiries: RiyadhACS@state.gov .

Registration Inquiries: RegistrationRID@state.gov .

ACS Website : http://riyadh.usembassy.gov/saudi-arabia/Consular_Section.html .