A Saudi Arabian diplomat was killed in the Bangladesh capital in the early hours of Tuesday.

A Saudi Arabian diplomat was killed in the Bangladesh capital in the early hours of Tuesday.

Police found Khalaf Al Ali's body at an intersection just two buildings away from his residence in the city's up market Gulshan district and rushed him to a hospital where he died three hours later, the deputy commissioner of Dhaka police, Lutful Kabir said.

"He was hit by a bullet in the left chest," he said, adding that the 45-year-old was the head of Saudi citizen affairs at the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia.

The police did not give any indication of who might have been behind the attack.

The embassy confirmed the death, but would not give further details.
Saudi Arabia is a key ally of and a major donor to Bangladesh.