Two booby trapped car defused; al-Riyadh: five security men and one armed man were killed

Four Saudi security men including one officer were killed yesterday by the bullets of gunmen at an inspection point on Riyadh - Qaism area to the north of the Saudi capital.

This was a short time after the security forces defused two booby trapped car "ready for use " in Riyadh, as well as " another car carrying several types of weapons." This, however, came one day after extremists launched a fierce battle in which missile shells and other weapons were used against the police in al-Faihaa quarters in Riyadh and this resulted in killing one Saudi police man and another suspected extremist.

In a statement, a source at the Saudi ministry of the interior said that "one of the procession on Riyadh- Qasim road was exposed to intensive fire from machinegun weapons that resulted in killing its team composed of two security men while they were exploring an area near one of the fuel stations."

The statement added " on the same road, one vehicle was stopped by what had seemed passengers seeking help and as soon as the vehicle stopped the gunmen opened their machinegun fire and this resulted in killing the whole team composed also of two security men."

Meantime, a spokesman for the American embassy in Riyadh said that the American have to be cautious because the American government " still receive signals on likely terrorist attacks in the Kingdom." He said that " due to the recent violent clashes with the heavily armed extremists in Riyadh, we call on Americans to be cautious in public areas."