A Saudi national suspected of al-Qaeda links by the FBI has turned himself in to Saudi security forces in Riyadh.
Abdul Aziz al-Rasheed, father of Saud al-Rasheed, said that his 21-year-old son returned from holiday in Egypt on Thursday and immediately went to the security authorities.
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File image posted by the FBI of Saud al-Rasheed
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"He is still with the Saudi security authorities," two days after surrendering, the father said. "He has turned himself in because he is confident he is innocent and we are confident of the fairness of the Saudi authorities."
He categorically denied that his son has undergone any military training or has ever had any links with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network or any other organization.
The FBI released a passport photo of Saud on Tuesday and said it considered him armed and dangerous.
The bureau wanted Saud following recent analysis of evidence collected in the investigation around the September 11th attacks on the United States that turned up his passport, issued in Riyadh in May 2000.
"He went to Afghanistan only to distribute relief to poor Afghan people and returned months before the September 11th terror attacks," Saud's father said.
Saud is the 15th person sought in connection with the attacks.
AFP