Saudi authorities have announced the death of a wanted suspect in a security operation.
The Interior Ministry said that further to a statement on the martyrdom of four security men at a security checkpoint on the Arqoub road between Majarada and Bareq provinces, in Asir area, after being shot by assailants, and the security forces' arrest of two of those involved in the attack and the death of their third partner after an exchange of fire with him while trying to escape, and as a result of a follow up, the security men detected the presence of the wanted, Khalid Mohammed Ali Al-Shehri, a Saudi national, at his family home in the village of Al-Wahdah in the province of Namas, at 9 pm Saturday.
When he was surrounded and asked to surrender, he refused and attacked the security men with a bladed weapon in his possession. He was dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the situation and was neutralized, resulting in his injury and death after being transferred to the hospital.
