Six Saudis have been arrested near the US Navy station in Pensacola, Florida, after a deadly shooting at the airbase, Fox News reports.

The suspects have been questioned.

According to the latest reports, 3 people were killed in the shooting, and the gunman killed himself.

An official source told the TV channel that the gunman was Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, an aviation student from Saudi Arabia.

Sources of the TV channel reported that the shooting took place in a classroom where students usually spend the first three months of the program, noting that the gunman had recently been enrolled in these classes.

Most of the foreign students at this air station are originally from Saudi Arabia.