1 / 2A Saudi military student reportedly condemned the US as a "nation of evil" before going on a rampage at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida on Friday, killing three people and wounding eight othersA Saudi military student reportedly condemned the US as a"nation of evil" before going on a rampage at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida on Friday, killing three people and wounding eight others Riyadh - Saudi Arabia sought to distance itself Saturday from a student...
The hashtag"Saudis stand with America" gained traction on social media after King Salman telephoned President Donald Trump to denounce the shooting as"heinous" and pledge cooperation with American officials to investigate the incident. "Like many other Saudi military personnel, I was trained in a US military base, and we used that valuable training to fight side by side with our American allies against terrorism and other threats," Prince Khalid said on Twitter.
Story continuesBut Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suggested Riyadh should offer compensation to the victims. Relatives of the victims of the 2001 attacks are also suing Saudi Arabia for compensation even though Riyadh has strongly denied complicity in the attacks.
Just like when they brought down the World Trade center.