Gunmen Attack in Yanbu
Special Report #2

Editor's Note:

• Information as of 2:00pm ET, Sunday, May 2, 2004.

• Additional special reports as new information becomes available.

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Developments

• ABB Lummus, the employer of five expats killed on May 1, said all 90 of its expatriate staff and around 30 dependents were being evacuated from Yanbu.  Source: Reuters

• The US Embassy urged Americans to leave Saudi Arabia.  Source: Reuters

• Security sources said the attackers were two sets of brothers from the same family; three were employees of the office they attacked.  Source: Reuters, Courier Mail News

• Among those killed in the attack were "the top three officials at an upgrade project being carried out by Swiss-based firm ABB Lummus at the Saudi petrochemical firm YANPET, jointly owned by U.S. Exxon Mobil and Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC)."  Source: Reuters

• Saudi Arabia has denied that any of the victims of a shooting spree in the Red Sea port of Yanbu on Saturday were mutilated or dragged through the streets.  Source: AFP 

• A Saudi National Guard soldier was killed in the incidents and 19 other security officers were wounded. Source: NY Times

• About 25-50 people wounded in the attack are recovering at the Royal Commission Hospital in Yanbu.  Some are in critical condition.  Source: AP

• Crown Prince Abdullah pledged, "The kingdom will eliminate terrorism no matter how long it takes."  Source: BBC

• The United States on Sunday restricted the movement of its diplomats in Saudi Arabia. Source: Reuters

Related Reporting

• Black Saturday in Yanbu (contains graphic image)

• Horror on the Streets of the Industrial City

• Western firm pulls staff from Saudi Arabia

• Victim's killers were workmates

• Rampage in Saudi Arabia leaves kids traumatized, foreigners packing

• Firm Pulls 100 From Saudi Arabia After 5 Deaths

• Al-Qaeda the prime suspect, says Downer

• Envoys help relatives

• Americans urged to leave Saudi after attack

• U.S. confines diplomats in Saudi to mission bases

• Saudi killing 'devastates' family

• Saudi Terror Attack Investigated

• Crown Prince Abdullah Vows to Strike Terrorists With an Iron Fist

• ‘We’ll Confront Terrorists With Iron Hand’

• Saudi project began in Houston

• None of Yanbu attack victims were mutilated: Saudi Arabia

• Reverberations of Yanbu Felt in Jubail

• Markets fear Saudi militants eye vital oil targets

Resources

• Yanbu Fact Sheet - Background on the News - SUSRIS
  http://www.saudi-us-relations.org/Fact_Sheets/FS_Yanbu1.html

• Terrorism Timeline - Saudi Arabia and the Global War on Terrorism - SUSRIS Web Site http://www.saudi-us-relations.org/Fact_Sheets/TimelineTerrorism.html