Saudi Arabia finds the head of Johnson, kills wanted
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 7/22/2004

Saudi Arabia confirmed that it found the head of the former American hostage Paul Johnson who was beheaded by al-Qaida organization in June after he was kidnapped for one week.

A statement by the ministry of the interior said that Johnson head was found in a refrigerator in one house covered by the breaking in operations on Tuesday following clashes that took place between the policemen and gunmen believed to be members of al-Qaida organization in one of Riyadh's residential areas, adding that searches are continuous for the other parts of the body.

According to a statement by the ministry, also found were amounts of documents, weapons and ammunition including Sam 7 missile, which was searched for since a while and " appeared repeatedly in the films of the extremists." Johnson was kidnapped in Saudi Arabia on June 12 where he has been living with his family since ten years and working for the giant defense industries company " Lockhead Martin."

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