Saudi Arabia confirmed on Sunday that one of the kingdom’s 26 most wanted suspects, Amer al-Shihri, had died after he was wounded in a clash with security forces in Riyadh more than three months ago. An Interior Ministry statement said tests on a body found buried in a grave north of Riyadh showed it to be Shihri’s. The Interior Ministry said he died in late December of chest wounds sustained in November and was buried in the desert north of Riyadh. A medical report issued on Thursday said tests confirmed the body was his. Saudi state television showed footage of what it said was the house where Shiri was hiding, his bed and medical supplies. It also showed authorities digging up a body from a desert grave and transferring it to a vehicle. "(Authorities) extracted the corpse and handed it over to the mortician who said... that one of the fingers was shattered and two artillery rounds were found in the chest, as well as a fracture in the right hand," the television said.
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