 A member of the Saudi Arabian branch of Al Qaeda terror network, who was on the kingdom's most-wanted list, was shot dead by police, the Interior Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. Mohammed Abdel-Rahman al-Suwailimi, 23, a Saudi citizen, died Tuesday after being shot by police in pursuit of him for the shooting deaths of five policemen earlier in the day near Buraydah, some 300 km northwest of Riyadh. Al-Suwailimi was number seven on the list of 36 people issued by Saudi authorities last June in connection with terrorist incidents. Authorities said they had recovered six hand-grenades, three machine guns, five revolvers, ammunition and fake license plates in the car al-Suwailimi was driving. They also found a cache of gold jewellery and Saudi currency worth more than $1,00,000. According to the most-wanted list, al- Suwailimi was skilled in the use of computers and the Internet. |