Security Forces Kill 5 Suspected Militants
From Times Wire Reports
Saudi forces killed five suspected militants believed to be linked to an Al Qaeda attack on the world’s biggest oil processing plant, the Interior Ministry said.
An official statement said that five men were killed in a shootout in east Riyadh and that a suspect was arrested elsewhere in the capital.
The shootout took place days after Al Qaeda suicide bombers tried to storm the Abqaiq oil facility in the militants’ first direct strike on a Saudi energy target. The kingdom is the world’s biggest oil exporter.
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