S. Arabia vows to hunt down terrorists

INDONESIA/SAUDI ARABIA: The Saudi Arabian foreign minister reiterated on Tuesday his government's resolve to hunt down terrorists.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud Al-Faisal said in a statement, which was made available to The Jakarta Post by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Jakarta on Tuesday, that the recent terrorist attack in Al-Khobar would not discourage Saudi Arabia in its determination to fight terrorism.

He was referring to the recent suspected al-Qaeda militant attack on the Oasis residential compound in the oil city of Al- Khobar, which killed 22 people -- 19 of them foreigners.

Meanwhile, unidentified gunmen shot dead an American in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Tuesday who worked for a U.S. contracting firm, the U.S. embassy and the firm said.

It was the fifth assault on Westerners in the world's leading oil exporter in five weeks. -- Agencies