Saudi forces kill militant in Riyadh - sources

Saudi forces killed one wanted militant and wounded another in a raid in southern Riyadh according to security sources.

Saudi forces killed one wanted militant and wounded another in a raid in southern Riyadh according to security sources.

Sources said Abdulrahman al-Yazji, one of the remaining fugitives on Saudi Arabia's list of 26 top militant suspects, was killed this morning at 8.30 am.

The Riyadh raid followed  three days of fighting north of the capital in which at least 14 gunmen, including a senior al Qaeda suspect, were killed.

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