Security Forces Kill 3 Suspected Militants
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Saudi security forces killed three suspected militants, including an Al Qaeda-linked man wanted by the FBI for possible threats against the United States, the Interior Ministry said. The wanted man was identified as Sultan Jubran Sultan Qahtani, also known as Zubayr Rimi, 29.
One security official was also killed in the hours-long gunfight at the three-story apartment building in Jizan, about 600 miles southwest of the Saudi capital, Riyadh, the ministry said. Two suspected militants also were arrested.
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