A suicide bomber has been killed and two other people wounded in a blast near the U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia's second city of Jeddah, Saudi state TV says.
The attacker parked his car outside a hospital opposite the consulate at about 2.15AM and detonated his device after being approached by two security men, killing him and lightly wounding them, it said, quoting a security spokesman. Three further blasts rocked the location of the bombing hours later, as police carried out what appeared to be controlled explosions near the site, Saudi state TV reported.
A spokesman for the U.S. State Department said it was aware of reports of a blast in Jeddah and was seeking more information from the Saudi government. He added that all staff at the consulate were accounted for.