Teacher shoots dead 6 colleagues in Saudi Arabia

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The Telegraph :A teacher in Saudi Arabia has gunned down six of their colleagues inside a Ministry of Education office.Two other people were wounded in the shooting and the attacker has been arrested, according to police in Jazan.General Mansour al-Turki described the attack, which took place at 2pm local time, as a “criminal act” but it remains unclear if the shooting was terror-related.The attacker was reportedly armed with a machine gun.Last October two people were killed and another two wounded after a gunman opened fire at a bank in the city of Jazan.Police have cordoned off the compound.Some local media reports have described the incident as a personal dispute.Shootings are rare in Saudi Arabia though the kingdom has seen a recent spate of attacks from Islamic State militants.More than 90 people have already been killed following skirmishes and bombings in the region.

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