Saudi Arabia teacher 'kills six colleagues'

 A teacher has shot dead at least six colleagues in Saudi Arabia's southern Jazan province, officials have said.

The attacker has been arrested, a Saudi interior ministry spokesman was quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying.

Two other people have been wounded.

Authorities are treating the attack as a criminal act, the official said.

Police have cordoned off the office compound, local media reported.

Mass shootings are rare in Saudi Arabia but it has faced recent attacks by the so-called Islamic State.

Jazan sits on the border with Yemen. Saudi Arabia has led an air campaign against Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen and violence in the border region has been frequent in recent months.

State TV posted a picture on Twitter that showed ambulances outside the building where the shooting happened.

Police have cordoned off the office compound, local media reported.

(Via: BBC)