Most wanted Islamist militant captured Tuesday in the bloodiest clashes. Five Saudi police killed in firefight
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RIYADH: Five Saudi police were killed and a most wanted Islamist militant captured Tuesday in the bloodiest clashes in the kingdom for three months, an interior ministry spokesman and security sources said.
Two police were killed by gunfire from a car to the east of Buraida, capital of Qassim province, 300 kilometres (190 miles) north of Riyadh, outside a tent city intended for pilgrims on their
way to Mecca.
Three more police died when the car's driver opened fire on a roadblock near Al-Midhnab, to the south of Buraida in the same region, the spokesman was quoted as saying by the official SPA
agency.
The security forces then gave chase to the car, damaging the vehicle and wounding and arresting the driver.
The driver was identified by security sources on the scene as Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Suwailmi, who ranks number seven on a list of 36 most wanted militant suspects in Saudi Arabia.
"He is considered as one of the terrorist leaders," said the source. It was not clear if the man was alone in the vehicle or had accomplices.
The oil-rich kingdom has been locked in a battle to thwart extremists, that it says are bent on overthrowing the royal family, since the start of a wave violent clashes and attacks against
Westerners in May 2003. |
