Officer’s Killers Shot Dead
Samir Al-Saadi & Essam Al-Ghalib, Arab NewsJEDDAH, 22 June 2005 — Two terrorists suspected of murdering a senior police officer three days ago in Makkah were killed by Saudi security forces in a gunbattle in Jeddah yesterday morning, according to the Interior Ministry. The terrorists were identified as Mansour Al-Thubaity and Kamal Foudah. On Saturday morning, Lt. Col. Mubarak Al-Sawat was shot dead in front of his house as he was leaving for work. Since then, the security forces have been hunting for the assassins. “Investigations in Lt. Col. Al-Sawat’s murder led us to two suspects from the deviant group responsible for the crime,†Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, Interior Ministry spokesman, told Arab News.
Following up a story posted yesterday, this Arab News article reports that two men were tracked down and killed in another gun battle.
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