8 terrorists killed in Saudi Arabia’s al-Qatif
A security operation in the town of Tarut in the
eastern Saudi province of al-Qatif has led to the deaths of eight extremists
belonging to a recently-formed terrorist cell, according to a spokesman of the
Kingdom’s Presidency of State Security.
According to the spokesman, members of the
recently-formed cell were planning to carry out terrorist attacks against
public and security sites in the region.
Investigations led authorities to determine the
cell's hideout location at an apartment in the Sanabis neighborhood in the town
of Tarot of al-Qatif.
“Authorities then launched a pre-emptive security
operation on Saturday under which the site was cordoned off at 10 am local time
by security forces, who had ordered the terrorists to surrender. The terrorists
did not respond to the orders and began firing at the security forces, who then
returned fire to neutralize the risk and preserve the lives of others in the
vicinity of the apartment,” the spokesperson was quoted as saying by the Saudi
Press Agency.
The operation led to the deaths of all eight
terrorists, while no building occupants, pedestrians or members of the security
forces were harmed.
On April 21, the Saudi authorities have foiled an
attempted terrorist attack on the General Directorate of Investigation’s Center
in al-Zulfi suburb around 250 km north of the capital.
Also on April 8, the kingdom’s Presidency of State
Security released the names of the two terrorists who were killed after they
targeted a checkpoint in the Kingdom’s Eastern Province and said they were
involved in past terror attacks in al-Qatif.
