A security officer shot dead a Qatari man who opened fire at an air base in this Gulf Arab emirate on Wednesday, the interior ministry announced.
"A Qatari national opened fire at 10:30 am (0730 GMT) at the Al-Adid air base and a guard fired back killing the attacker on the spot," a ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by the official QNA news agency.
"An inquiry has been launched to determine the motives of the attacker," it added.
The dead man was named as Abdullah Mubarak al-Hajri.
The attack came ahead of Friday's opening of a ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization in the Qatari capital Doha.
Organizers considered moving the venue over security fears in the aftermath of the September 11 terror attacks on the United States and the war on nearby Afghanistan – DOHA (AFP)
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