Saudi police kill two suspected terrorists accused of killing security officer

From CBS News with thanks to Jeffrey Imm.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi security forces on Tuesday killed two suspected terrorists accused of fatally shooting a senior security official outside his home, the government said.

The suspects were killed in a shootout in the Red Sea city of Jiddah, the official Saudi Press Agency quoted the Interior Ministry as saying. Three policemen were wounded in the exchange.

On Saturday, gunmen killed Lt. Col. Mubarak al-Sawwat as he was leaving his home in the holy city of Mecca. The Interior Ministry blamed the killing on the ``deviant bunch'' a Saudi euphemism for the al-Qaida terror group...


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