| Gunmen shot dead a senior Saudi security officer outside his house in Makkah yesterday, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki said unidentified gunmen shot the security officer just after he stepped out of his house. An informed source identified the murdered officer as Lt. Col. Mubarak Al-Sawat from the General Investigation Department. The source said the officer, in his 40s, received more than 10 gunshots, adding that police were investigating the drive-by shooting. Police have put up a number of checkpoints all over Makkah and are engaged in a massive manhunt to track down the criminals. Security sources did not confirm or deny whether the shooting was related to any terror attack. |