Terrorists Attack BBC
Well, now we know what it takes for the BBC to use the word “terrorist” without scare quotes: Manhunt after attack on BBC crew.
Saudi security forces are hunting gunmen who attacked a BBC news team in a drive-by shooting in Riyadh.
Cameraman Simon Cumbers was killed and security correspondent Frank Gardner is critically ill in hospital.
The British ambassador to Saudi Arabia said the men had been shot from a jeep with a machine pistol as they filmed in a southern suburb of the capital.
Sherard Cowper-Coles said the area had seen “a number of clashes” between security forces and terrorists.