Several wounded in WWI memorial attack at Jeddah:France

Several people were wounded Wednesday in a bomb attack at a World War I(WWI) commemoration ceremony attended by European diplomats at a non-Muslim cemetery in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, France’s foreign ministry said. “The annual ceremony commemorating the end of World War I at the non-Muslim cemetery in Jeddah, attended by several consulates, including that of France, was the target of an IED attack this morning, which injured several people,” the ministry said.

“France strongly condemns this cowardly, unjustifiable attack.” Blast came as French President Emmanuel Macron attended a WWI memorial ceremony in Paris. On Tuesday, Macron hosted a summit of European leaders to plot a joint approach to combating Islamist radicalism after four people were killed in a shooting rampage in the heart of Vienna last week. Saudi officials have yet to comment on the attack and Saudi state-run media did not report it. Several countries are marking the 102nd anniversary of the armistice signed by Germany and Allied countries to end the war.