4 Saudi officers shot dead at checkpoint
RIYADH: Four SAUDI oficers were shot dead and four others wounded on Thursday when their checkpoint came under gunfire in southern Asir province, state media said citing the interior ministry.
THREE oficers were Instantly killed when the outpost came under attack, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported, without specifying who was behind it.
“Security oficials HAVE SUCCEEDED In identifying a number of suspects involved in the crime and arrested two of them, both Saudi nationals,” SPA said.
“In the interest of the investigation, their names cannot be revealed.”
A THIRD SAUDI suspect opened ire as he tried to escape, killing another oficer AND wounding Four others, SPA added.
Separately, Saudi air defences INTERCEPTED A “BALLISTIC missile” ired by Yemeni rebels at the kingdom’s southern coastal city of Jizan, the SaudiLED Coalition IGHTING THE rebels SAID.
It was the latest in a series of such attacks.
“Saudi air defences intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militias targeting Jizan,” the coalition said in a statement.
The Houthis, in a statement on their news outlet Al Masirah, claimed that they ired A “BADR 1” BALLISTIC missile AND said it struck Jizan Regional Airport.
Media was unable to reach the airport for comment, but open-source LIGHT Information APPEARED to show lights Arriving AND DEPARTING on time.
Saudi Arabia has since March 2015 LED A Coalition of ARAB states IGHTING to roll back the Houthi rebels in Yemen and restore its neighbour’s internationallyrecognised government to power.
In March, an Egyptian labourer BECAME THE irst known Fatality In A rebel missile attack on the Saudi capital.
Saudi Arabia accuses its rival Iran of smuggling missiles to the Houthis — a charge Tehran denies.
Since late 2014, the Daesh militant group has claimed a series of bombings and shootings against Shiites and security forces in the kingdom.
Saudi Arabia is a member of the Us-led international coalition that has helped battle the Sunni extremist Group In SYRIA AND Iraq.
Last November, the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman vowed to “pursue terrorists until they are wiped from the face of the earth” as HE PRESIDED over THE irst MEETING of an Islamic counter-terrorism alliance involving around 40 Muslim countries.