Saudi police captured two suspected militants, along with several weapons and an explosive vest, in two raids around the capital Riyadh late on Tuesday, 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 Saeed Al-Zahrani, 21, and Mohammed Al-Zahrani, 19, who were both arrested. They were found with a large amount of money, 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 car 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.
Police evacuated neighboring houses and cordoned off a building in Riyadh's Al-Mounsiya district before a firefight with suspects Saeed Al-Zahrani, 21, and Mohammed Al-Zahrani, 19, who were both arrested. They were found with a large amount of money, 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 car 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.
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