RIYADH // A Danish citizen was shot as he left work in his car in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, the official Saudi Press Agency reported, citing an unidentified police spokesman.
The Danish national sustained an injury to the shoulder and is in stable condition in hospital, the news service said. Police are investigating the crime, it said, without providing additional information.
Earlier this month, assailants killed Shiites in the oil-rich Eastern Province, raising concerns that violence may escalate in the kingdom after Saudi Arabia joined the US-led military campaign against ISIL. Last month, a US citizen working for an American defence contractor was shot dead and another was wounded at a gas station in Riyadh by a disgruntled former employee of the same company — Vinnell Arabia, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp.
Saudi authorities have stepped up measures at home against the Al Qaeda breakaway group, which has seized large parts of Syria and Iraq and used social media to recruit Saudi men. Foreigners working in the country, the world’s largest oil producer, have been targets of attacks in the past by Al Qaeda- linked groups.
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Sanju
Produced: Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, Paresh Rawal, Anushka Sharma, Manish’s Koirala, Dia Mirza, Sonam Kapoor, Jim Sarbh, Boman Irani
Rating: 3.5 stars
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
Director: James Cameron
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Emirates flies from Dubai to Seattle from Dh5,555 return, including taxes. Portland is a 260 km drive from Seattle and Emirates offers codeshare flights to Portland with its partner Alaska Airlines.
The car
Hertz (www.hertz.ae) offers compact car rental from about $300 per week, including taxes. Emirates Skywards members can earn points on their car hire through Hertz.
Parks and accommodation
For information on Crater Lake National Park, visit www.nps.gov/crla/index.htm. Because of the altitude, large parts of the park are closed in winter due to snow. While the park’s summer season is May 22-October 31, typically, the full loop of the Rim Drive is only possible from late July until the end of October. Entry costs $25 per car for a day. For accommodation, see www.travelcraterlake.com. For information on Umpqua Hot Springs, see www.fs.usda.gov and https://soakoregon.com/umpqua-hot-springs/. For Bend, see https://www.visitbend.com/.
