Okaz: Saudi Arabia: arrests extremist and finds the body of another

The Saudi Arabian daily Okaz said yesterday that the authorities believed it found the body of one wanted extremist, who was wounded in clashes with the police and had escaped.

The paper said that "medical teams" are testing the DNA to make sure that the body is that of the Saudi, Amer Mohsin Maryaf al-Zeidan al-Shahri, who was number 23 on a list including the names of 26 wanted in " terrorist " operations that took place in the Kingdom. It was not disclosed when al-Shahri was injured.

Okaz said that the security forces after receiving information found a body in a shallow tomb in a desert area, 30 km to the north of the capital Riyadh.

Mohsin al-Shari, the father of the killed man told Okaz that his son was working in the general presidency of al-Amer Belmarouf Walnahei Anilmunkar ( An Islamic charity ). He added that his son traveled to Afghanistan 8 months before the September 11 attacks and returned back to Saudi Arabia following the war was launched by the US against Afghanistan, and was detained for two months."

Meantime, the Saudi daily al-Watan said that the security forces detained on Wednesday one suspect after a chase in cars to the east of Riyadh. No other details were given. Okaz said that two of the suspects were arrested but not on the list of wanted.