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February 27, 2006
Saudi Arabia: Five Suspected Islamists Shot Dead
Early today, five suspected Islamists have been shot dead and a sixth arrested, during dawn raids on two houses at Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia, states the Times.
The individuals are believed to have been involved in an attempted suicide-assault on an oil processing plant in Abqaiq (a.k.a. Buqayq) in eastern Saudi Arabia, states the Interior Ministry's chief spokesman, Lt. Gen. Mansour al-Turki.
The two houses where the raids were staged are in eastern Riyadh, and both had been under surveillance. At a house in Yarmouk district, five people had been shot. The arrested man was apprehended at the second location. An intense shoot-out had taken place before the five suspects were killed. The gunfight lasted about two hours, according to Al-Arabiya TV.
Police announced that weapons and ammunition had been recovered from the first house.
The attack on Friday had been the first against Saudi Arabia's oil installations. Two of the three suicide attackers, who used vehicles rammed at the installation's gates, and who were killed in explosions were revealed by the Interior Ministry as Abdullah Abdul-Aziz al-Tweijri and Mohammed Saleh al-Gheith. These had belonged to a list of 15 terrorists wanted by the Saudi authorities. Only four on the list, issued in June 2005, remain alive.
On Saturday, Saudi Al-Qaeda announced on an internet posting that it had been responsible.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at February 27, 2006 8:00 AM
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