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Two Saudi guards killed in Yemen border attack |
2014-04-11 |
[Al Ahram] Two Saudi soldiers have been killed in a clash with unidentified gunnies who fired on them from across the border with Yemen, the interior ministry said Thursday. A border guard patrol in the southwestern province of Asir "came under heavy gunfire on Wednesday morning from unknown sources inside Yemeni territory," said the ministry. The attack triggered a shootout which resulted in the death of sergeant Abdulrazaq al-Qhamidi and soldier Mohammed al-Qahtani, it said in a statement. The Saudi authorities were coordinating with their counterparts in Yemen to investigate the attack. |
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