A suspect of the deviating group was injured and transferred to a hospital in a shootout in Rawabi neighborhood, East Riyadh on Monday evening, an official source at the Ministry of Interior stated.
The source pointed out that security men observed a suspicious car and asked its driver who was on foot to show his identity card. The driver started shooting at the security men. He tried to seize by force a citizen's car at the scene. Then the security men exchanged fire with him leading to his injury. He was controlled and transferred to the hospital for treatment. One citizen was slightly injured and treated.
In the suspected car, the security men found four highly explosive bombs; four pipe bombs; two Kalashnikov machine guns; two pistols; various ammunition; 9 car plates; documents and a sum of SR 20,000, the source said, adding that the incident is still being followed up by the concerned security authorities.
