Deadly Blast Hits Saudi Capital

World | November 9, 2003, Sunday // 00:00
Deadly Blast Hits Saudi Capital Destroyed vehicles litter a Riyadh housing complex after Saturday night's attack. Saudi officials pointed to al-Qaida terrorists as those responsible for a suicide car bombing that killed at least 11 people and wounded more than 120. Photo by AFP

Eleven people, including four children, are now known to have been killed by a suicide bomb attack on a housing complex in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Among the dead are Saudis, Sudanese and Egyptians, Saudi officials said. More than 100 people, among them 36 children, were injured at the compound, mainly home to foreign Arab workers. Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef vowed to "get the perpetrators no matter how long it takes" and urged them to "stop or surrender". Saudi officials said the attack bore the hallmarks of al-Qaeda, which carried out a similar strike in May, but it is not clear why the compound was hit.

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