RIYADH, March 5 (Reuters) – Diplomats and staff at embassies in Riyadh’s Diplomatic Quarter were told to shelter in place on Thursday due to a potential but unspecified threat, four people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
They did not have further details, and the Saudi government media office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The gates to the Diplomatic Quarter, a neighborhood on the western edge of the Saudi capital that houses most foreign missions in the country, were closed as of Thursday afternoon, two of the people said.
(Reporting by Timour Azhari in Riyadh; editing by Philippa Fletcher)
