Saudi Army officer killed in terror attack

Manama : :A Saudi army major has been killed and two other soldiers injured when their night patrol car came under a bomb attack in the country's eastern Qatif province, the Interior Ministry said early Monday.

 In a statement, the



ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki described the incident as a "terror attack", which occurred in the Masoura neighborhood, Anadolu News Agency reported.

The officer who lost his life has been identified as Maj. Tariq Ben Abdullatif al-Alaki.