| BBC cameraman Simon Cumbers has been killed and BBC correspondent Frank Gardner injured after gunmen opened fire near the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Cumbers, 36, was a freelance journalist and cameraman working for the BBC and other news organisations, the BBC said in a statement. Frank Gardner, 42, is a leading expert on al-Qaeda, the statement said. The BBC statement said the two men had travelled to Saudi Arabia last week following terrorist attacks in the city of Khobar and have been reporting from the country for BBC News since then. It said that Mr Gardner was being treated in hospital in Riyadh.BBC Director of News Richard Sambrook said: "Our thoughts are with the families of Simon and Frank tonight. We are in touch with them and offering them all the support that we can." The southern Riyadh neighbourhood where the gun attack took place, al-Suwaydi, has been the location for anti-terror raids in the past, news station al-Arabiya reported. Security sources said the gunmen had escaped and roadblocks had been set up in an effort to catch them, the Reuters news agency reported. |