Police man killed in clashes in Mecca

News reports quoted a Saudi security source as saying that gunmen attacked an inspection point for the police in Mecca and killed one of its members and injured others.

The source which asked to be anonymous said that an armed group, seemed to be trying to enter the city, opened fire at an inspection point. The source added that the police clashed with the gunmen and this resulted in killing one of them and injuring others. One of the attackers was injured and arrested.

The source explained that the security forces headed for the place of the attack while some gunmen fled to a nearby building. The attack came two hours after the closure of the voting ballots for the third and last phase of the municipal councils elections.

The Saudi authorities expected renewed attacks of gunmen after the clashes which took place in al-Ress area two weeks ago and lasted for three days to the north west of the capital Riyadh and resulted in killing 15 gunmen.