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Saudi Arabia

2 border guards killed in attack

Saudi Arabia said two armed men, including one with a suicide vest, attacked a patrol near the kingdom's frontier with Iraq, killing two guards and wounding a third. The Interior Ministry said the attack occurred at dawn on Monday. It described the attackers as "terrorists" and said they opened fire on the patrol. The guards returned fire, killing one of the attackers. The other detonated his explosives and blew himself up.