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London kidnapping attempt against al-Faqih ended in wounding him

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Unidentified persons yesterday injured the chairman of the Saudi Arabian opposition leader of Haraket al-Islah al-Islami (Islamic reform movement) Saad al-Faqih in his house in London in an attack in which he blamed for the Saudi government.

A spokesman for Scotland Yard police said that al-Faqih was wounded in his leg.

Al-Faqih friend Muhammad al-Mas'ari said two men attacked al-Faqih and said to him while they were fleeing " take this as a message from the Saudi government."

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