Many foreigners including at least 10 Americans were feared dead today after a series of suicide bomb explosions rocked the Saudi capital, Riyadh, overnight. "It seems we have lost 10 Americans killed, many other nationalities were also killed," the US secretary of state, Colin Powell, told reporters as he arrived at Riyadh airport today, within hours of the devastating attacks. "Terrorism strikes everywhere and everyone. It is a threat to the civilised world," he said.
One Australian man was also killed and another injured in the four bomb blasts that ripped through foreign housing compounds, according to the Australian government.
Several Britons are among those feared injured in the attacks. An official at the British embassy in Riyadh said: "We believe there are a small number of British nationals who have been injured, not seriously. We are just confirming their identities at the moment." A US official said there were hundreds injured, including German, French and Arab citizens.
