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| Saudi forces foil 'terror' plot, suspects killed |
| 2016-04-30 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Saudi authorities foiled a boom-mobileing attempt in a shoot-out that killed two suspects on Friday, the interior ministry said, after a small bomb maimed a policeman elsewhere. ISIS had previously claimed deadly shootings and bombings against security forces in the kingdom, where dozens were also killed in a wave of attacks by Al-Qaeda between 2003 and 2006. Security forces foiled "a terrorist act" on Friday after closely monitoring two cars in the southwestern region of Aseer. One of the vehicles was carrying explosives, an interior ministry front man said in a statement. Their drivers, aware that they were being followed, shot up security forces, prompting a car chase, the source said. Security aircraft intervened and the suspects pulled over in a desert area as both sides shot it out. forcing the drivers to leave their cars and seek cover before the bombs in one car went kaboom!, the front man added. Both suspects were killed in the shoot-out that followed despite calls for them to surrender, the source said, adding that there were no casualties among the security forces. Investigations are ongoing to identify the two men, the source said. Friday’s announcement came a day after a small bomb went kaboom!outside a highway patrol station in eastern Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , injuring a policeman, official media reported. The late Thursday attack happened in the Al-Ahsa region, the Saudi Press Agency said, citing a provincial police front man. One member of the police force received "a minor injury" and five vehicles were damaged, the front man added. "Authorities started criminal investigations," he added. Most of Saudi Arabia’s minority Shiites live in the kingdom’s Eastern Province which includes Al-Ahsa, an oasis region where much of the Gulf country’s oil reserves are located. |
| Posted by:Fred |