Gunmen Attack in Yanbu
Special Report #1

• Information as of 2:00pm ET, Saturday, May 1, 2004.
• Additional special reports as new information becomes available.

Special Report #2
Special Report #3

Gunmen have killed at least six people in an attack on a Western oil company office in the Saudi city of Yanbu on May 1, 2004. [BBC]

Developments

• Four gunmen struck at about 7:00 am (0400 GMT) Saturday, May 1, 2004.. (Source: BBC)
• The gunmen fired from a car at a McDonald's restaurant and a hotel, before targeting the subsidiary of Swiss-Swedish firm ABB.   (Source: BBC)
• Two Americans, two Britons, an Australian and a Saudi died in the attack. (Source: CNN Report)
• A hostage was dragged naked behind the getaway car. (Source: US Embassy/NY Times)
• Local hospitals report that up to 18 people, mostly Saudis, were injured. (Source: BBC)
• Three attackers killed, the fourth was wounded.  (Saudi Interior Ministry/BBC)  
• The five foreign victims were employees of Lummus, an ABB unit whose Middle Eastern offices are located in the Saudi town of Al-Khobar. (Source: Bloomberg)
• The Swiss-based ABB company is under contract to work for the Saudi Yanbu Petrochemical company (YANPET), situated nearby. The executive said operations at the nearby YANPET facility, co-owned by the Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) and U.S. Exxon Mobil were continuing as normal. (Source: Arab Times)
• Yanbu is home to more than 30 plants and 60,000 residents, according to the Arab Oil & Gas Directory (Source: Bloomberg) (Resource)

Related Reporting

• Westerners killed in Saudi Arabia  (BBC)
• At Least 5 Killed in Office Attack in Saudi Arabia NYTimes  
• Five Westerners killed in Saudi attack (Xinhua)
• Saudi determined to protect oil facilities (Forbes)
• State Department confirms two Americans killed in Saudi attack (News24 Houston)
• Five Westerners Die in Saudi Oil Port Attack (Reuters)
• Five ABB Workers Killed in Saudi Attack (Bloomberg)
• 5 Westerners dead in Saudi Attack (Arab Times)

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

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