Two Islamists killed in Saudi Arabia in clashes with police

Two men, presumed to be armed Islamists, were killed yesterday morning in fire exchange with the Saudi Arabian security forces in al-Swedi quarters, to the south west of the capital Riyadh.

Witnesses in al-Sweidi quarters said that a third person was arrested in the same operation.

The witnesses said that the Saudi security forces demolished a house in al-Sweidi quarters, presumed to have had housed suspected gun men. Several security patrols were seen deployed in the area where fire was exchanged.