Frenchman Shot Dead in Saudi Arabia

World | September 26, 2004, Sunday // 00:00

A Frenchman was shot dead in the Red Sea city of Jeddah in what Saudi officials said was a "terrorist attack," the second shooting of a Westerner in the oil-rich kingdom in 10 days. Sources in the kingdom's French community identified the victim as Laurent Barbot employed with French defence electronics company Thales, which is working on a military project in Jeddah and the eastern industrial city of Jubail.

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