Britain condemned the terrorist attacks on Saudi Arabia which resulted in the martyrdom and injury of a number of security officers and others. The Minister of State for Middle East affairs at the British foreign office Tobias Ellwood said in a statement published by the British foreign office "that the bombings that targeted the Kingdom especially that occurred in Medina and in the month of Ramadan, shows disregard of the terrorists about the nature of the true and peaceful Islam." The British official drew attention that there is no justification for such heinous acts, reiterated his country's stand with the Kingdom in the fight against extremism on a global scale.