Riyadh: two men killed in a clash with the police

Saudi Arabian security sources said that the Saudi security forces killed two of its extremists in Riyadh on Thursday in a second fire exchange within two days with gunmen suspected to be members in al-Qaida organization in the Kingdom in northern Riyadh.

The sources said that two police men were injured in the clashes by gunmen in al-Nakheel quarters. However, other news reports quoted security sources as saying that one of the extremists was killed and the second was injured and then arrested.

In this context, Saudi security and ministry of the interior sources said the security forces killed on Wednesday a supply official in al-Qaida wing in Saudi Arabia in a security operation in Riyadh. A statement by the ministry of the interior said that the killed extremist is Fahd Bin Ali Bin Dakhil al-Abalan and that he was killed in a fire exchange and a chase by cars.