A car bomb exploded at a security checkpoint in the Saudi capital of Riyadh Thursday night, killing the driver and wounding two nearby police officers, Reuters reported.
The officers were transported to a nearby hospital in “stable condition,” a spokesman for the Saudi interior ministry told the Saudi Press Agency.
The explosion occurred after police manning a checkpoint on al-Hair Road stopped the car for a routine inspection.
"The driver blew up the car and killed himself," the spokesman said.
The checkpoint was nearby the capital’s highest security prison, Reuters reported.
