Saudi says wanted militant killed in exchange of fire

[WorldNews]

Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said on Saturday a wanted militant, a supporter of Islamic State, had been killed in an exchange of fire with police when he refused to surrender. Youssef al-Ghamdi was surrounded by police in a home in the western city of Taif and an exchange of fire took place when he refused to give himself up, a statement by the ministry on the state news agency SPA said. The 32-year-old militant had not traveled outside the kingdom and had been jailed in the past for six years on criminal charges, the interior ministry had said earlier.

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