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| More Terrorists Killed | ||
| 2004-04-24 | ||
| Adds to yesterday's story... Saudi security forces yesterday gunned down two more terrorists, bringing to five the number of militants killed in 24 hours. They included four from the most wanted list.
Saudi TV aired footage from the scene of an operation which began Thursday night in Jeddahâs Al-Safa neighborhood when the suspects took refuge in a building. Security forces surrounded the site on Umm Al-Qura Street in northeast Jeddah and called in reinforcements. SWAT teams kept arriving as helicopters hovered overhead. Bursts of gunfire rattled through the night before security forces stormed the building after using tear gas and calling over loud hailers for the surrender of the terrorists. The Interior Ministry said three terrorists were shot dead during the siege while a fourth suspect was captured and a security man slightly wounded. The Arabic daily Okaz quoted the wounded security man as saying that one of the terror suspects was shot dead by his comrades when he tried to surrender. Two terrorists managed to flee the scene in a car which they seized from a Saudi at gunpoint. At 7 a.m. yesterday police chased the fugitive militants to a building in the Nuzla Yamaniya neighborhood near the television building on Mina Street in south Jeddah. One of the terrorists, who was injured in the gunbattle, died on the buildingâs stairways after he ran out of ammunition. Police shot and killed him on the scene, a witness told Arab News. Al-Anbari, one of the four wanted terrorists, made it to the top of the building and barricaded himself inside a room on the roof. From there, he exchanged gunfire with police. He also armed a hand grenade but police shot him in the hand and he dropped it inside the room, where it exploded, the witnesses said.
Makkah Governor Prince Abdul Majeed yesterday visited the policemen and civilians wounded in the Jeddah shootout at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the city. The imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah denounced the Riyadh bombers, SPA said. The attack was âa cowardly crime and vile act of terrorism,â Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais told thousands of faithful who thronged the Haram Mosque. Saudi Arabia has offered rewards of up to SR7 million for information leading to the arrest of the 26 suspects. With the death of four suspects in yesterdayâs gunbattle, the list is now down to 18. An Interior Ministry official announced on Sunday the arrest of eight suspects linked to recent deadly clashes between terrorists and security forces and the booby-trapping of cars. Security forces discovered on Monday two cars laden with explosives, which were ready to be used in terror attacks in the capital. The discovery of the two vehicles, in Arrumhiyah village 90 km east of Riyadh, brought to five the number of car bombs seized in the Kingdom within the past week. | ||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Lol, Sea! Of course, if we knew which tribe(s) / clan(s) the gunnies came from and to whom they owe allegiance, well... heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-04-24 1:34:27 PM |
| #1 Rats. No al-Ghamdis on the list of the deaders. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-04-24 11:27:40 AM |