RIYADH: A drive-by shooting against a checkpoint in central Saudi Arabia and an ensuing gunfight Sunday left a security officer, a Bangladeshi civilian and two attackers dead, the kingdom’s interior ministry said.“A security checkpoint on the Buraydah-Tarfiyah road in Qassim region came under fire from three terrorists riding in a vehicle on Sunday afternoon,” the ministry said in a statement.“Two of the terrorists were killed and a third was wounded and transferred to hospital,” it added.Sergeant Suleiman Abdelaziz Abdel Latif was named the Saudi fatality. The ministry said a Bangladeshi resident was also killed, but did not announce his name.The authorities said a criminal investigation has been launched into the attack.Four Saudi policemen were killed and four others wounded on April 20 in an attack targeting a checkpoint in the southwestern province of Asir.The kingdom has seen numerous attacks in recent years by terrorists, including al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group, against security forces. It has also seen clashes between militants and security forces in the eastern provinces.
07-09-2018, 08:49 AM
4 killed in S Arabia checkpoint attack
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