The Director of Police in the Eastern Region announced today the nationalities of the persons who were killed or injured in a blast on Saturday evening in front of a shop selling watches and accessories in Al-Khobar Governorate. The blast resulted in the death of two people and caused injuries to four others.

In a statement announced here today following the previous statement on Saturday, the Director of Police said that, after confirmation of the identities of those who died and received injuries, it was proved that one of the dead person is an American - Michael Gerald Martin. He said the identity of the other person who died in the blast could not be determined.

He said the injured persons were transferred to a hospital for medical treatment, adding that they are all in “satisfactory condition.”

“The investigation is still under way to determine the identity of the second person who died (in the blast) and the cause of the incident,” he noted.