According to Fox, six Saudi citizens are taken into custody and interrogated in connection with the shooting. They were detained near the Pensacola air force base.
Florida Governor Ron Desantis confirmed that the unknown man who opened fire at the base was a Saudi citizen mastering flying skills under the guidance of American instructors.
As Fox reports, about 1,500 foreigners are participating in this US Navy carrier-based aviation program, and Saudis have been taking such classes since the 1970s.
The king of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdel-Aziz Al Saud, instructed the kingdom’s security services to collaborate with the US authorities in the investigation of the incident with a shooting at the Navy base in Florida, which was arranged by the Saudi military. According to him, the subjects of the kingdom are enraged by the “barbaric actions of the shooter”. Meanwhile, the US Congress called for a review of training programs for foreign military personnel after the incident.