ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office (FO) expressed solidarity with kingdom and prayed for speediest recovery of those injured.

"Government and people of Pakistan reiterate their full support for and deep solidarity with leadership, government and brotherly people of Saudi Arabia against any threats to Kingdom's sovereignty and territorial integrity," it said in a brief statement.

Earlier this week, a Saudi Arabian man wanted in connection with a deadly 2015 bombing in kingdom detonated an explosive device in Jeddah as security forces attempted to arrest him, killing himself and injuring four others, state media reported.

Saudi news agency SPA identified man as Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Shehri.

Report said that Al-Shehri detonated explosive belt in Jeddah's Al Samer neighborhood, injuring three members of security forces, who were seeking to arrest him and a Pakistani national.

Injured, who were not named, were taken to hospital, SPA said, without giving details of their injuries.

Published in The Daily National Courier, August, 14 2022

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