3 Reportedly Killed as Police Battle Militants
From Times Wire Reports
Saudi security forces clashed with militants near a northern town known as a stronghold of extremists, reportedly killing three of them.
Fifteen members of the security forces reportedly were wounded during the shootout in Rass, 220 miles northwest of the capital, Riyadh.
Other militants were forced to flee their hide-out in the town, according to media reports. Officials confirmed reports of the fighting, but not of the casualties.
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