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  • COVID-19: Delhi records whopping 5739 cases in 24 hrs
  • BJP leaders should not threaten JMM: Supriyo Bhattacharya
  • Saudi national arrested in Jeddah for attacking guard of French Counsulate
  • COVID-19: Karnataka reports 4025 fresh cases
  • US launches unarmed Minuteman III missile in test of ‘nuclear deterrent’ - Air Force
  • PM strongly condemns terrorist attacks inside a church in Nice, France
  • India invites global energy industry to participate in boosting productivity
  • India conveys concern to Saudi Arabia over incorrect depiction of its external boundaries in Saudi bank note
  • Formation of commission to control pollution an important step: Javadekar
  • Odisha Assembly to implement National e Vidhan Application
  • SAD’s Inder Singh Namsot joins AAP
  • Meghalaya CM Conrad campaigns for NPP candidate in Manipur
  • India again registers high spike of around 50k COVID cases
  • WB Governor calls on Home Minister Amit Shah
  • Actor Rajkummar Rao appointed as new brand ambassador of Syska
WorldPosted at: Oct 29 2020 8:44PM


Saudi national arrested in Jeddah for attacking guard of French Counsulate

Riyadh, Oct 29 (UNI) A local person was arrested in Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia for attacking and wounding a security guard of the French consulate on Thursday.
Local police said that the man used a 'sharp tool' to injure the guard.
A statement by the local police said the victim suffered 'minor injuries' and that 'legal action' was being taken against the perpetrator.
The French Embassy said the consulate was subject to an ''attack by knife which targeted a guard,'' adding that the guard was taken to hospital and his life was not in danger.
In its statement, the French Embassy condemned the incident.
''The French Embassy strongly condemns this attack against a diplomatic outpost, which nothing could justify,'' it added.
Earlier in the day, a knife-wielding man, reportedly shouting 'Allahu Akbar,' beheaded a woman and killed two other people in the French city of Nice. Mayor of Nice described the attack as terrorism.
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