A German couple escaped unhurt after a Saudi man threw a Molotov cocktail at their car outside a western housing compound in the capital Riyadh on Tuesday, diplomatic sources told AFP on Thursday.
"On Tuesday night, a man in national (Saudi) dress threw a Molotov cocktail at the car of a German couple outside their compound in a residential area in north Riyadh," the source said.
"The couple were unhurt, the man escaped and police investigations are ongoing," he said, calling the incident "very serious and a cause for concern."
The attack comes amid heightened tension in the region due to US bombing of Afghanistan.
Following the incident, the German embassy advised Germans living in Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest sites, to tighten their personal security measures.
Last week, a bomb exploded in the eastern city of Khobar, killing two foreigners, including a US citizen.
America’s top wanted alleged terrorist, Osama bin Laden, is leading a crusade to “free the Prophet’s Peninsula [Arabia] from the blasphemous,” referring to the thousands of US and allies troops stationed in the kingdom since the Gulf War.
The AFP report, however, did not say whether the attack on the German couple was linked to the current anti-terrorism war, to which Saudi Arabia has offered some support – Albawaba.com
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