 Saudi security forces shot dead a gunman in Riyadh early on Wednesday in a fresh shootout as they combed the district where a terror suspect and a civilian were killed in a clash the previous night, the interior ministry said. The gunman opened fire from the car he was driving and hurled a bomb at security men, slightly injuring four of them, said a ministry statement reported by official media. "Security forces at the scene chased the car and encircled it, trading fire with the driver, who was killed on the spot," the statement said. | Switched from surrounding people to encircling them. Seems to work. |
The incident occurred as security forces were combing the scene of Tuesday evening's clash in the Saudi capital in which a suspected militant and a civilian were killed, the ministry said. Security forces also arrested "a suspected member of the deviant group" in the Red Sea city of Jeddah Wednesday, the ministry added, using the official term for suspected Al Qaeda militants. The man was wounded "while resisting security forces and attempting to flee," the ministry said, promising to release more details later.| Not that we're going to hold our breath waiting |
Earlier Wednesday, the interior ministry said a suspected terrorist and a civilian were killed during a shootout between Saudi security forces and armed men in Riyadh Tuesday evening. "Security forces chased a car carrying two members of the deviant group," the ministry said. "The car stopped near a gas station inside a residential district of Riyadh. When security forces approached the vehicle, those inside it opened fire," a ministry official said, quoted by the state SPA news agency. The security forces returned fire, killing one of the gunmen and wounding the other, the official said. A gas station attendant was also killed, and a security man slightly injured, he said. Security forces seized automatic weapons, ammunition, bombs, explosives, forged documents and an unspecified amount of money in the car, the official added. He did not disclose the identity of the two members of the "deviant group." |