| Saudi police were holding on Monday a lone gunman caught outside the United States consulate in the Gulf oil city of Dhahran amid fears of renewed terror attacks, the American embassy said. 'An armed individual was apprehended at the initial barrier gate to the US consulate compound in Dhahran at approximately 0600 on Monday, May 19,' the embassy said in a warden message to Americans in the kingdom. 'He is now in police custody,' it added. 'No one was injured, nor was anyone threatened. Security remained intact.' |