Several Wounded in WWI Memorial Attack in Jeddah
"The annual ceremony commemorating the end of World War I at the non-Muslim cemetery in Jeddah, attended by several consulates, including that of France, was the target of an IED attack this morning, which injured several people," the ministry said.
"France strongly condemns this cowardly, unjustifiable attack," it added, according to AFP.
Last month, a Saudi citizen with a knife injured a guard at the French consulate in Jeddah on the same day that a knife-wielding man killed three people in a church in Nice in southern France.
Wednesday's blast came as French President Emmanuel Macron, the target of ire in much of the Muslim world for supporting offensive cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) printed by satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, attended a WWI memorial ceremony in Paris.
Several countries are marking the 102nd anniversary of the armistice signed by Germany and Allied countries to end the war.
Macron's stance on the offensive cartoons angered many Muslims, prompting protests in several countries at which portraits of the French president were burnt, and a campaign to boycott French products.
