Suspected Daesh militant killed in Saudi capital

By Ahmed al-Masri

ANKARA (AA) - Saudi security forces on Wednesday killed a suspected Daesh militant in capital Riyadh, according to the kingdom’s interior ministry.

A security patrol was checking a complaint that a resident of a flat in the capital’s al-Rayyan district had showed support for the Daesh terrorist group, the official SPA news agency quoted ministry spokesman Mansur al-Turki as saying.

“When security forces attempted to arrest him, he showed resistance and pulled a gun and it became necessary to deal with him and neutralize him, resulting in his death,” he said.

Another suspected militant was arrested and was found in possession of a weapon, the ministry said.

Last month, Saudi authorities said four Daesh cells had been busted and 18 militants detained in central and western Saudi Arabia.