Saudi security forces arrest four wanted men in Riyadh area

The Saudi security forces arrested four persons suspected to be among extremists members involved in two actions of breaking-in took that took place yesterday in al-Khaleij ( the Gulf) quarters to the east of Riyadh and a village situated to the northern west of the capital during which publications were confiscated.

The spokesman for the Saudi ministry of the Interior Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turkey said that the security forces yesterday at dawn broke into a residential appartment in al-Khaleij quarters to the east of Riyadh to detain two wanted persons.

The spokesman indicated that the two suspected men attempted to resist and exchanged fire with the security men who were able to detain them after one of them was slightly wounded.

The security sources, according to the same spokesman, broke into a village in Tamber area situated 90 km to the north west of Riyadh and detained two suspected men and confiscated publications for those whom he described as of extremist thinking.

Worthy mentioning that the Saudi authorities detained hundreds of persons suspected to have links to al-Qaida organization. This followed a series of attacks against the kingdom since May 2003 and resulted in killing 100 persons.