A teacher in southern Saudi Arabia has opened fire on colleagues, killing at least six people and wounding two, state television is reporting.
The brief reports on the state television channel's website and Twitter account did not elaborate or offer a reason for Thursday's shooting at an education department building.
It quoted an unnamed police spokesman for the information and said the suspected shooter was in custody.
The state-run Saudi Press Agency did not immediately report the shooting.
State TV posted a still photograph that showed ambulances gathered outside the building where the shooting took place in Jazan province.
Mass shootings are rare in the kingdom but Saudi Arabia has faced a series of recent attacks by Islamic State militants.
Saudi Arabia is leading a coalition of countries conducting airstrikes and ground operations in neighbouring Yemen in support of the deeply impoverished country's internationally recognised government.
It is fighting against Iranian-backed Shi'ite rebels and supporters of a former president, who control the capital and other parts of the country.
Jazan, on the kingdom's southern border with Yemen, has been targeted by missiles and cross-border fire since Saudi Arabia intervened in the conflict.
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