27Nov2004 Security forces kill suspected militant in Jeddah

Jeddah, 27th November 2004

An official source at the Interior Ministry announced that a militant suspect was shot dead by security forces in Jeddah on Saturday evening.

Security forces had surrounded the man’s car in University District. The suspect threw a hand grenade, whereupon security officers shot him dead.

Security forces searched the car and found a gun loaded with ammunition, two machine guns, 11 magazines loaded with ammunition, 400 rounds, 3 highly-explosive hand grenades, 4 pipe bombs, communications devices, various documents, and a sum of SR9,400.

Source: SPA

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