 Saudi security forces arrested two Muslim extremists suspected of involvement in the slaying of a police officer in Mecca last week, reports said Monday. The Daily al-Watan said the two suspects were rounded up in Taif in western Saudi Arabia because they of their association with Mustafa Thabiti, one of the two killers of Col. Mubarak Sawwat. The paper said the two men are known to be Muslim extremists and played a role in turning Thabiti into a religious fanatic. Investigation showed the suspects held several meeting with Thabiti and Kamal Fauda, who were both killed in a clash with police last week, a few days after they assassinated Sawwat outside his home in Mecca.
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