Britain's Foreign Office confirmed Friday that two attacks on Britons in Saudi Arabia in the past week were car bombs, and urged its nationals in the country to "exercise increased caution."
One Briton was killed and one injured in the first explosion last Friday, and three were wounded in a second blast in the early hours of Thursday.
"A British technical expert carried out a forensic investigation with the Saudi authorities and the conclusion of that investigation was yes, we are talking about bombs," a Foreign Office spokesman told AFP.
The Foreign Office warned Britons travelling to Saudi Arabia to be vigilant and repeated existing advice to the 26,000 British citizens who live there to upgrade their security.
On its website the Foreign Office said no group had claimed responsibility for the attacks and their motive remained unclear, but it was "possible" they were linked.
Saudi officials said Thursday that the attacks appeared to be personal and not politically motivated, although both came amid anti-western sentiment and Arab anger stirred up by Israeli-Palestinian clashes in the Middle East -- LONDON (AFP)
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