19Jan2004 Police capture two suspects after shootout

Riyadh, 19th January 2004

The Director of Riyadh Region’s police force said that on Sunday at 4:30pm, when a police patrol was checking details of a car in Al-Naseem area in Riyadh city, the driver attempted to flee and his companion began shooting at the police patrol.

The car was halted by the return fire of the police, whereupon the driver and passenger took the car of a citizen, holding the owner at gunpoint, and tried to escape.

The police patrol captured the men involved in the shootout, and there was no injury incurred.

Source: SPA

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