06Apr2005 Ministry of Interior Issues Statement

Riyadh, 6 Apr 2005

An official source at the Ministry of Interior said today that a security follow-up of those belonging to the deviant grouphad led to the detection of a wanted man, who was sought by the security bodies and was on the wanted list announced earlier, inside a residential location at "al-Sinayah" (the industrial area) in Riyadh this morning at 9:00 am (local time).

"On arrival of security forces at the site, he tried to shoot at them and use a hand grenade. Subsequently, he was shot dead. His associate received injuries and was caught.

The dead man is Abdulrahman Mohammed Jubran Al-Yazji, a Saudi national, who was on the wanted list announced earlier for participating in many terrorist incidents. As such, he has faced the consequences of his evil actions."

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