06 August, 2011

Gunman killed near Saudi prince's palace - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Gunman killed near Saudi prince's palace - Middle East - Al Jazeera English: "'At 1am on Saturday, a person carrying a gun fired at a checkpoint in Abdulrahman Al-Malki Street in Jeddah. He was dealt with swiftly and was killed,' a Saudi Press Agency (SANA) statement said.

Quoting a source close to the government, the AFP news agency reported that another man had also been arrested.

'Two men opened fire after midnight on the Qasr Shateh residence of Prince Nayef [and] the security
forces retaliated, killing one of them,' the source told AFP.

The men, who were identified as members of the Zahrani family, were 'under the influence of drugs' and one of them had a 'small handgun,' the source said."

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