A Saudi policeman was killed in a shoot-out Sunday with suspects planning a “terrorist” attack, the interior ministry said, in the latest such incident this week in the kingdom’s west.
The two gunmen were trying to “infiltrate” a police station parking area in the western Taif province to carry out a “terrorist act”, the ministry said in a statement on the official SPA news agency.
As they realised that they were being monitored, the men opened machinegun fire at police and fled in a waiting vehicle.
Chased by security forces, they abandoned the vehicle and fled into a residential area, the statement said. An exchange of fire left policeman Saeed al-Harithi dead, it said.
Security forces surrounded the area and were searching for the suspects, it said, adding that a suicide vest and nine improvised explosives were found.
