A member of the Saudi National Guard shot dead two colleagues amid a wave of terror attacks sweeping the country, a report said on Friday, while quoting an officer as saying the incident was âpersonalâ.
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The incident at the guardsmenâs base in northern Riyadh has âno relation to terrorism; it is a personal issue,â the Saudi Gazette quoted the unnamed officer as saying. âMajor Abdul Rahman al-Khateeb and Lieutenant Khaled Saeed al-Joaid were killed when their colleague, Deputy Sergeant Saad Misfer al-Qahtani, entered their office with a machine-gun and allegedly shot them with 10 bullets,â the English-language daily said. Khateeb died instantly while Joaid later succumbed to his wounds in hospital. âAnother official with the National Guard, who also asked for anonymity, said that Qahtani might be under the influence of drugs,â Saudi Gazette said. Qahtani turned himself in to police and authorities launched an investigation.
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The motive for the crime has yet to be established, it said. The paper quoted unspecified sources as saying police found a message written by the suspected killer and addressed to Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, who heads the National Guard. Saudi officials this week dismissed reports that the security services could have been infiltrated by suspected Islamist extremists. |