Saudi police captured two terror suspects, along with weapons and an explosive vest, in two raids around the capital Riyadh late Tuesday night, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
Police evacuated neighboring houses and cordoned off a building in Riyadh’s Al-Mounsiya district before a firefight with suspects Ahmed Al-Zahrani, 21, and Mohammed Al-Zahrani, 19, who were both arrested.
They were found with more than SR1 million ($266,706) in cash, guns, ammunition and a device for forging identity cards.
The second raid was on a house in Al-Dharma, just west of Riyadh, where suspects opened fire on police and tried to flee in a vehicle before it was damaged and they escaped on foot, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. An explosive vest was discovered inside the car, which had fake Omani license plates, and a bomb-making factory was found inside the building, the statement said.
By Mishal Al-Otaibi
