Editing Simon Cumbers (section)

== Death ==
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}}<!--end wikitable-->Journalist [[Frank Gardner (journalist)|Frank Gardner]] and Cumbers were assigned to report on the aftermath of the May [[2004 Yanbu attack]] and [[2004 Khobar massacre|Khobar massacre]] terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia, both of which had British casualties.<ref name=meathchronicle /> The British [[Foreign Office]] had advised against nonessential travel there.<ref name=cbsnews /> On Sunday morning, the team arrived in the As-Suwaidi neighbourhood of Riyadh, an ultraconservative area where [[Al-Qaeda]] was known to have a presence.<ref name=cpj /><ref name=cbsnews />

The team was in place reporting between 10 and 30 minutes and a man, later identified as Adel al-Dhubaiti, greeted the journalists and then opened fire on them. This was followed by shooting from five others who were waiting inside a van. Cumbers was killed at the scene, while Gardner attempted escape but was seriously injured.<ref name=cpj /> Cumbers' killer was later sentenced to death.<ref name=bbc3>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30092029|title=Simon Cumbers: BBC man's killer sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia|date = 18 November 2014|access-date = 20 March 2019 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

Cumbers' death was considered a murder in the UK. In Saudi Arabia, Adel al-Dhubaiti was arrested in 2004. He was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death in November 2014, and executed on 2 January 2016. Cumbers' parents spoke out against his execution.<ref name=cpj /><ref name=irishtimes2>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/simon-cumbers-s-killer-executed-in-saudi-arabia-1.2483590|title=Simon Cumbers's killer executed in Saudi Arabia|author= Jansen, Michael|date=3 January 2016|access-date = 5 May 2020|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref><ref name=newstalk>{{cite news|url=http://www.newstalk.com/Killer-of-Irish-journalist-Simon-Cumbers-believed-to-be-one-of-47-executed-by-Saudi-Arabia|title=Killer of Irish journalist Simon Cumbers believed to be among 47 executed by Saudi Arabia|work=[[News Talk]]|date = 2 January 2016|access-date = 5 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=independent>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/family-of-bbc-cameraman-murdered-in-saudi-terror-attack-regret-killers-death-sentence-9868344.html|title=Family of BBC cameraman murdered in Saudi terror attack regret killer's death sentence|author=Green, Chris|date=18 November 2014|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date = 5 May 2020}}</ref>

Gardner wrote a book, ''Blood and Sand'', published in 2010, about his reporting in Saudi Arabia and the attack on him and Cumbers.<ref name=bas>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GZoHRggqKt8C&q=%22Simon+Cumbers%22|title=Blood and Sand|publisher= [[Random House]]|author= Gardner, Frank|author-link= Frank Gardner (journalist)|date = 2010|isbn=9781446421123}}</ref>