Saudi Arabia's plentiful chickens come home to roost again.

RIYADH: ([1] AFP) A German national was shot dead in Riyadh on Saturday, becoming the seventh Westerner to be killed in Saudi Arabia this month, hours after authorities reported seizing bomb-making material in a terror "den".

"An expatriate holding German citizenship was shot and killed by unknown elements in eastern Riyadh. Security authorities are still (investigating) the incident," the capital's police chief said.