By KUNA
Riyadh : The Foreign Ministry of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday evening the closedown of the Saudi Embassy in the Chadian capital city of N’djamena and evacuation of all staffers of the embassy.
The move is in line with the instructions of the Saudi leaders to ensure the safety of all staffers and the other Saudi nationals in Chad, the Saudi Press Agency quoted a statement issued by the ministry as saying.
The staffers have flown by a private plane to the Kingdom, the ministry disclosed.
Another plane carried the bodies of the wife and the daughter of an employee of the embassy who was killed by a bomb that landed on their house on Saturday.
Two children were also injured in the attack.
The house of the employee came under attack when embassy staffers gathered there to arrange for evacuation from N’djamena amidst the recent fierce fighting between the Chadian government forces and the rebels.