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Six Men Arrested After Mecca Shootout
Saudi police arrested six al-Qaida suspects in a clash in Mecca that left two militants dead in the streets of the sacred city, the Saudi interior minister said Tuesday. In Mondayâs raid, police shot it out with the militants and also uncovered a cache of weapons, including Kalashnikov rifles, grenades and bomb-making materials. "We captured four of them, one of whom was injured, while two others surrendered because they were surrounded," Interior Minister Prince Nayef said. So much for dying for your cause. On Monday, an Interior Ministry official said the weapons found and the method the militants used indicate they are sympathizers of Osama bin Ladenâs terrorist network. The captured extremists "are without any doubt from the same organization," Prince Nayef told the state-controlled newspaper Al-Riyadh, referring to al-Qaida. "They use the same tactics." He did not say whether the militants were on the list of 19 extremists wanted since May, when the kingdom was shaken by a series of suicide attacks in the capital. Prince Nayef said the Mecca cell had rented a house in the city only for the holy month of Ramadan. "This shows that they only intended on carrying out missions during this month," he said. Or they planned on moving to another location. Posted by: Steve 2003-11-04 |
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