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11 killed, 122 injured in Riyadh blast

A total of 11 people were killed and 122 others injured in a midnight serial car bombing in the Saudi capital, the state news agency SPA reported on Sunday.

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A total of 11 people were killed and 122 others injured in a midnight serial car bombing in the Saudi capital, the state news agency SPA reported on Sunday.

The Saudi Interior Ministry, quoted by the agency, said that the11 dead included Saudis, Lebanese, Sudanese and Egyptians, amongthem four children.

Another 122 people were injured in the explosions, 25 of them seriously, the ministry added.

The blast occurred at around 11 p.m. (2100 GMT) Saturday in theal-Muhaya residential compound in the western part of Riyadh, where most of the residents were from Egypt, Lebanon, Syrian and the Palestinian territories.

The Saudi Interior Ministry termed the blast as a "terrorist bombing," which conincided with the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.

The explosion came one day after the US diplomatic missions inthe country were closed amid warns of possible terror attacks

On Friday, sources from the US embassy in Riyadh said the USdiplomatic missions will close on Saturday to assess security conditions as credible information showed that terrorists in Saudi Arabia plan to carry out attacks in the kingdom.

On May 12, a triple suicide bombing attack on Western residential compounds in Riyadh killed 35 people and wounded more than 100. Since then Saudi authorities have launched large-scalecrack down on suspected militants in the country.

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